🔹Certain coastal states had imposed a ban on purse seine fishing. But the central government has criticized the move and said it is unjustified.
👉A purse seine is made of a long wall of netting framed with floating and leadline and having purse rings hanging from the lower edge of the gear, through which runs a purse line made from steel wire or rope which allows the pursing of the net.
👉Purse-seine fishing in open water is generally considered to be an efficient form of fishing.
👉It has no contact with the seabed and can have low levels of bycatch (accidental catch of unwanted species)
👉This mode of fishing has not resulted in any serious resource depletion so far, given the available evidence”.
👉Purse-Seine fishing is known to harm endangered species.
