Kendrapara, Feb 18 (UNI) Six fishermen, including two from West Bengal, were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday for illegally fishing inside the "No-Fishing Zone" of Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary.
Manas Kumar Dash, ACF in charge of Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, stated that forest personnel intercepted a mechanized fishing boat and seized a VHF set, a GPS device, a trawling net, and 50 kilograms of miscellaneous marine fish from the arrested fishermen.
According to Dash, during a surveillance operation at the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, forest personnel detected a mechanized fishing vessel operating in the prohibited zone. The vessel was intercepted, and six fishermen were taken into custody.