Porbandar: The police found a satellite phone on the boat seized in the dolphin hunting case in Porbandar. In a joint operation with the Indian Coast guard, the forest department on Thursday arrested ten fishermen with 22 dead dolphins in a boat 12 nautical miles off Porbandar Coast. The court approved a 2-day remand of the accused found on the ship. The investigation was led by the Special Operation Group (SOG). They discovered that one of the accused, Anthony Barla, was the owner of the ...Read More

Porbandar: The forest department of Gujarat has busted a gang of Dolphin poachers off the Porbandar coast in the Saurashtra region. This is the first of its kind of operation. In a joint operation with the Indian Coast guard, the forest department arrested 10 fishermen with 24 dead dolphins in a boat off Porbandar Coast. The boat's name is Dayana's - 2. According to the preliminary investigation, the boat had left Kochi on 26 February. The forest department has reported that the ten indivi...Read More

New Delhi: The state of Gujarat contributed about 5% to the country's total fish production, with 8.74 lakh tonnes of fish produced during the year 2021-22. While the total fish production in India for the same period was 162 lakh metric tonnes, stated the Union government in Parliament on Wednesday. According to the state fisheries department, the 8.74 lakh tonnes comprised 6.88 lakh tonnes of marine fish and 1.86 lakh tonnes of inland fish. The state has a population of 5.59 lakh fisherm...Read More

Junagadh: The locals have raised complaints that around one thousand fishermen have entered the coastal village of Mul Dwarka with their 200 boats. The state government recently conducted demolition drives against illegal constructions in the coastal areas of Gujarat. Around 100 to 200 boats and 1000 people have illegally entered the coastal area of Mul Dwarka within the last 4 days, as alleged by the sarpanch Kishorbhai Sikotariya. In response to the complaints, Kodinar police have tried to ...Read More

Surat: Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, starts the Sagar Parikrama Phase-III from Hazira Port, Gujarat, and proceeds towards the coastal line of Maharashtra at Satpati, Vasai, Versova, and Parikrama will end at Sasson Dock, Mumbai. The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, and National Fisheries Development Board, along with the Department of Fisheries, Government of Gujarat, Commission...Read More

Bhuj: India's Border Security Force (BSF) has nabbed three Pakistani fishermen in a special search operation today morning. BSF patrolling team spotted movement in Harami Nala area with the presence of a Pakistani fishing boat. The team of BSF captured the boat and chased 3 Pakistani fishermen who were aught later. The fishermen who are Pakistani nationals are identified as Ali Sagar alias Lal Khan (25), Jan Mohammad alias Lal Khan (27), and Bilalbal, son of Khamiso (22). They are from Zero poi...Read More

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Bhuj: The Kutch district administration is all set to conduct demolition of illegal constructions at Jakhau port after the completion of the period of the notices issued to 200 to 300 persons today. The notices were issued to 200 to 300 persons over illegal constructions. The notice period ended on Thursday. The local administration and police had visited the port and village on Wednesday. Prant officer Harshvardhan Solanki, DySP BB Bhagora, Jakhau marine PI DS Israni and other police staff j...Read More

Bhuj: India's Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended two Pakistani fishermen at   Harami Nala creek bordering Pakistan on October 10; further investigation is under way. The persons are identified as Yasin Sheikh (35) and Mohammad Sheikh (25). Both are residents of Zeroo point in Sujawal district of Pakistan. The operation was underway. BSF nabbed then after potting movement of six Pakistani boats at around 11.40 pm last evening. BSF also used UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) with the help o...Read More

Gir Somnath: A fisherman was arrested yesterday in Kadar village of Gir Somnath in Gujarat with charas weighing 17 kilograms worth ₹26.45 lakh. As per the police officials, Accused Shabbir Kharia (38) was arrested with 16 packets of narcotics that were allegedly hidden under fishing nets in his house. The accused also told the police during the investigation that he receive these packets of contraband after they washed ashore. Superintendent of Police Manoharsinh Jadeja said, "The packet...Read More