Tag: Indian Fishermen

On March 23 about 13 Indian fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for fishing in their waters.

Fishermen organisations of Tamil Nadu alleged that the Sri Lankan navy also seized one mechanized boat used by the fishermen.

In a separate incident, 13 fishermen from Nagapattinam and Karaikal were also questioned and detained. They had set sail from Karaikkal port on Wednesday morning.

With this incident, 29 fishermen and six fishing boats are under the custody of the Sri Lankan authorities in the month of February alone.

Sixty-three Indian Fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested and remanded to judicial custody by the Sri Lankan Navy in December 2021, and 53 of these fishermen are still in an isolation centre of the Sri Lankan government after being released from prison.

The MEA said India handed over a list of 282 Pakistan civilian prisoners and 73 fishermen in India's custody to Pakistan. Similarly, Pakistan has shared lists of 51 civilian prisoners and 577 fishermen in its custody, who are Indians or are believed to be Indians.

In March, the Navy seized five fishing vessels and 54 Indian nationals for poaching in Sri Lankan waters.

The seaweed farming industry generates more employment, he said, adding that for the first time in India an announcement regarding seaweed farming in Tamil Nadu was made in the Union Budget.

Islamabad: The Pakistani authorities detained 16 Indian fishermen on Tuesday for alleged violation of the country’s maritime boundary, security officials said. The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) said that three boats of the fishermen were also seized during the operation in open sea for violating the Pakistan’s coastal territory. The arrested fishermen were handed over to […]

Islamabad: Pakistan released 68 Indian fishermen on Sunday as a goodwill gesture, officials said. Pakistan on Sunday released 68 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture, informed officials. The Indian fishermen had been arrested for intrusion into Pakistani waters for illegal fishing and were freed from a prison in the Pakistani port city Karachi, Xinhua news […]

Colombo: Three Indian fishermen were arrested and a flat bottom trawler was detained for illegally fishing in the Sri Lankan waters, the media reported on Sunday. The arrests were made by Sri Lankan Navy’s Northern Naval Command ship when it was on routine patrol on Saturday, the Colombo Gazette reported. The three were engaged in […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka has released 18 Indian fishermen arrested for illegally fishing in the Sri Lankan waters, an official said on Saturday. The fishermen, who were held off the coast of Point Pedro two months ago by the Sri Lankan Navy, were freed by a court here on Friday. “They are now to be handed […]

Chennai: Seven Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan navy on Sunday for allegedly poaching in the island nation’s waters, officials said. Fishermen from Rameswaram and nearby places were near the Katchatheevu island – handed over to Sri Lanka by India several years back – when a Sri Lankan navy patrol arrested seven Indian fishermen […]

Amaravati: Pakistan will on Monday release all 22 fishermen from Andhra Pradesh arrested on charges of espionage, officials said on Friday. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad that the Pakistan government has decided to release and repatriate the fishermen to India via the Wagah border on January 6. Andhra […]

Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested at least 54 Indian fishermen and seized five trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country’s territorial waters, an official statement said here on Thursday. The Navy arrested the fishermen on Wednesday off the coast of northern and northeastern areas. Having considered the impact of foreign fishermen poaching in […]