[jan]India-srilanka sea water fishing issues

Question 1

Mapping points?

Answer 1

• Palk Bay
• Kachchatheevu Island
• Gulf of Mannar

Question 2

1974 Agreement?

Answer 2

Kachchatheevu Island was gifted to Sri Lanka. The Indian fishermen have been barred from fishing near the area

Question 3

Issue related to bottom trawlers used by Indian fishermen?

Answer 3

Trawlers have been referred to as the “hoovers of the shelf bottom” and “bulldozers mowing down fish and other benthic species.”

Indian fishermen point out that unless its government introduced concrete steps to buy back trawlers, it would not be possible to stop trawling operations.