Indian looting binge of marine resource from other south asian countries

[idune]

Indian looting binge of marine resource from other South Asian countries

Indian fisherman with active support from indian authorities continuously looting marine resources from Pakistan, SriLanka and Bangladesh territory.

SriLanka continuously detaining fisherman and detained 33 of them as recently as 2 days ago. Pakistan on May 25th released more than 100 indian fisherman. These wholesale indian looting of neighbor marine resource could not happen without active tacit blessing of indian authorities.

Pakistan releases 151 Indian fishermen, Sri Lanka to follow

Karachi/Colombo, May 25 (PTI): In a goodwill gesture, Pakistan today freed 151 Indian fishermen while Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered the release of all detained Indian fishermen on the eve of the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi.

Authorities released 59 Indian fishermen from Malir jail in Karachi and another 92 from Nara jail in Hyderabad in Sindh province.

The release comes ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to India to attend the swearing-in of Modi.
Pakistan releases 151 Indian fishermen, Sri Lanka to follow

33 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

Thirty three Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy in separate incidents while fishing near Katchatheevu, an islet in the Palk Strait, police and fisheries officials on Sunday said.

The arrest comes days after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered the release of all detained Indian fishermen in a goodwill gesture ahead of his visit to the swearing in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 26.

Sri Lankan Navy personnel arrested four fishermen of Rameswaram on Sunday morning after they got stranded near Katchatheevu when their boat developed a technical snag, 'Q' branch police inspector Kennedy and Pamban fishermen organisation functionary U Arulanandam said. The fishermen and the boat have been taken to Talaimannar.

On the previous night, 29 fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested by the Lankan Navy near the same area. They were part of a group of fishermen, who set out in 727 boats from here, M Gopinath, Rameswaram Fisheries Assistant Director said.

They also seized six mechanised boats, he said, adding, the fishermen and the boats have been taken to Talaimannar.
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[Abu Zolfiqar]

in Pakistans case, a lot of them had to learn the hard way....

Sri Lankans have become pretty assertive too; they capture more indian fishermen than we do

 

[Yeti]

Fish is fish where they go so will the fishermen

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Fish is fish where they go so will the fishermen

as long as your fishermen dont come into our waters - go right ahead! Fishing is quite therapeutic actually

 

[Yeti]

as long as your fishermen dont come into our waters - go right ahead! Fishing is quite therapeutic actually

doubt most of them have GPS they stray into areas where they believe they can catch the most fish, nothing will change they are just normal folk trying to make a living and will take a chance if they think they can get away with it.

 

[Yeti]

as long as your fishermen dont come into our waters - go right ahead! Fishing is quite therapeutic actually

I never tried fishing just not had the chance, also would not mind hunting and cooking what I killed would be cool!

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

doubt most of them have GPS they stray into areas where they believe they can catch the most fish, nothing will change they are just normal folk trying to make a living and will take a chance if they think they can get away with it.

so all South Asian countries should provide these very basic and not so expensive provisions to their people....if beggars in all of our countries can still have 3 cell phones, no reason why fishermens cant be provided basic garmin marine gps devices

its a lot cheaper in long run than arresting eachothers' fishermen - who are low wage earners - and then keeping them in prisons and feeding them prison rations....using them even as political tools

I never tried fishing just not had the chance, also would not mind hunting and cooking what I killed would be cool!

its a good past-time to bring friends together and enjoy freshly grill things....

 

[Kloitra]

in Pakistans case, a lot of them had to learn the hard way....

Sri Lankans have become pretty assertive too; they capture more indian fishermen than we do

Same goes for Pakistani fishermen, in Indian jails, does it not?

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Same goes for Pakistani fishermen, in Indian jails, does it not?

and same goes for indian fishermen in Pakistani jails..it works all ways (except we dont have beef with Sri Lankan fishermen given the distance, leave alone good relations)

but pipe down and review my above post

 

[Yeti]

@Abu Zolfiqar even if they provided the equipment who is to say they still won't stray on purpose and go after the big catches? fish don't see territorial waters and the fishermen folk follow them because they are poor they need to make that catch otherwise how will they provide for their families? problem of over population will only lead to more arrest and disputes in the future. Until we strike a balance with nature I can see bigger problems than this.

 

[Kloitra]

@Abu Zolfiqar even if they provided the equipment who is to say they still won't stray on purpose and go after the big catches? fish don't see territorial waters and the fishermen folk follow them because they are poor they need to make that catch otherwise how will they provide for their families? problem of over population will only lead to more arrest and disputes in the future. Until we strike a balance with nature I can see bigger problems than this.

Getting caught is far worse than not being able to catch the fish. There is a need of better coordination with the authorities.

 

[Yeti]

Getting caught is far worse than not being able to catch the fish. There is a need of better coordination with the authorities.

Yeah but with overfishing what can the people do? the fishermen have no choice but to go after the fish wherever they may be it is a complicated issue and not just one that South Asians face but also there is disputes like this between European countries but difference is they do not arrest them.

 

[idune]

44 more Indian fishermen held in bay

Reported by: UNBconnect
Reported on: December 24th, 2013 06:28:13 pm

Bagerhat, Dec 24 (UNB) – Members of Bangladesh Navy arrested 44 more Indian fishermen from near Hiron Point of the Bay of Bengal under Mongla upazila on Monday for their illegal intrusion into the Bangladesh maritime boundary.
Navy sources said a patrol team arrested the Indian fishermen along with three fishing trawlers while illegally catching fish inside Bangladesh’s water territory of the bay.
Huge amount of fishing net and netted fishes were also seized, said M Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of the Mongla Police Station. Earlier on Friday, Navy arrested 29 other Indian fishermen along with two fishing trawlers for illegally catching fish in the Hiron Point area of the bay.
Later, they were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Bagerhat that sent them to jail in two cases.

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