Boat  

The accused tried to flee from the boat as Sri Lanka naval officials, who were patrolling the seas, approached them.

Between April 15 and June 15, a fishing ban is in place in Tamil Nadu to enable fish breeding. Fisherman use this opportunity to get their boats repaired.

Two boats, carrying a picnic party of 12 people, capsized during a storm in the reservoir of the Mapithel dam in Kamjong district of Manipur on Sunday. Nine of the picnickers were rescued

The ban is on mechanised boats and they cannot venture into the sea till June 15. But those catching fish with country boats can continue their fishing activities

The nine Tamil Nadu fishermen were on the high seas northwest of Delft island when the personnel on a fast gun boat attached to the northern naval command of Sri Lankan Navy arrested them

Customs Preventive Unit (CPU) sleuths at Ramanathapuram have detained a family of five and two others after they attempted to sail back to Sri Lanka in a boat clandestinely

Madras HC directed the Tamil Nadu government to provide maximum subsidy for transponders to fishermen of the state. Transponders fitted in boats are substitutes for satellite phones.

Two arrested, five boats with sand seized at Hirehadagali in a night-long raid at Mylara village on Tungabhadra river bed in Karnataka
 

The special investigation team probing the alleged human trafficking in Kochi has prepared the list of people who sailed from the coast on the fishing boat. As per reports, 80 people including women and newborns are trapped in trafficking.

Karwar lawmaker Rupali Nayak who is also the eyewitness of this incident managed to save two people from drowning.

Sivaraj and Anbu from Sri Lankan refugee camp in Tamil Nadu were in debt worth Rs 70 lakh and tried to flee to Sri Lanka without anyone noticing it. When their boat developed a technical snag, they were stranded and were caught by the Indian Coast Guard.

The fishermen had ventured into deep sea fishing on December 13 and their last contact was made by boat owner Chandrashekhar to his brother on December 16.