Mangaluru: Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Shoor and fishing boat Matsya Dweepa, in a joint operation, rescued five fishermen on Wednesday off Netrani Island near Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district. A release from the Coast Guard here said that fishing boat “Amma” belonging to Nagesh Naik of Murudeshwar had set off for fishing with five […]
Mangaluru: The Indian Coast Guard, Karnataka, felicitated four fishermen in Bhatkal on Sunday for saving seven fishermen at sea from a boat which overturned near the Bhatkal coast on August 3. Each of them were given a cash reward of Rs. 10,000, certificates and bravery awards, a release from the Karnataka Coast Guard headquarters in […]
Mangaluru: Fishermen offered prayers to the sea (“samudra puje”) and Lord Vadabhandeshwara, seeking a good fishing season, at Malpe beach here on Thursday. It was drizzling as they offered prayers, first at the Vadabhandeshwara (Balarama) Temple at Malpe and to the sea god at Malpe beach. Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment […]
Mangaluru: Mangaluru Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) will give Rs 1 crore as compensation to the non-mechanised boat fishermen of Baikampady area. In a meeting held by MLA Mohiuddhin Bava and Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim with fishermen and MSEZ officials at DC Office on Saturday, it is decided to give the compensation money to the […]
Mangaluru: Karavali Traditional Fishermen’s Sangha Convener Ramachandar Baikampady have warned the state and central government to hold protest on July 7 in front of DC office if all season fishing port is not constructed soon. Addressing the press personnel on Monday at Mangaluru Press Club he said that the central government has already sanctioned Rs […]
Mangaluru : With hardly any space left to berth mechanised boats at the third stage of the Malpe fisheries harbour, fishermen have been demanding that a fisheries jetty be set up at Padukere village to berth additional boats. Such is the congestion that the first, second and third stages of the harbour are bursting at […]
Mangaluru : At a meeting chaired by the Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fisheries, K Abhayachandra Jain at the DC’s office hall here on Monday to discuss the problems of fishermen, Principal Secretary to the department of Fisheries Veerappa Gowda said the department has written to Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments on the issue […]
Mangaluru: Authorities should expedite the process of issuing biometric cards and the registration of fishermen, said Ashok Kumar Angurana, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. “The biometric cards should be issued to each of the 20 lakh fishermen in the country by June this year,” he instructed. […]
Mangaluru : Construction of a slipway at the third stage of the Malpe fisheries harbour has got stalled due to the delay in approval of design for the sloping yard. Except for the slipway, the rest of the facilities such as a diaphragm wall, a rest-shed for fishermen, a boat repair shop, and a restaurant, […]