CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Purse seining is a non-selective fishing method that captures everything that it surrounds, including protected species. Sea turtles can be captured by a purse seine as it is set and then become entangled in the net mesh as it is hauled in.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is prohibited by Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Odisha, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in their respective territorial waters of up to 12 nautical miles. States like Gujarat, Andhra, Goa, Karnataka, West Bengal have not imposed any such ban on purse seine fishing.

Detailed explanation-3: -On March 25, 2000, the Fisheries Department of Tamil Nadu had banned, inter alia, the use of Purse Seine Fishing nets within its territorial waters (12 nautical miles or 22 km from the coast line).

Detailed explanation-4: -Deck Arrangement. From the point of view of deck arrangement three main types of one boat purse seiners can be distinguished: the Purse Seiners-American type (Fig. 1), the Purse Seiners-European type (Fig. 2) and the Drum seiners (Fig.