Goa urges Centre to ban use of LEDs in fishing

The India state government has urged the centre to enforce a ban on use of LED lights while fishing, citing threat to the marine ecology of Goa as the reason. Fisheries minister Vinod Palyekar and fisheries secretary Govind Jaiswal, who is holding additional charge as fisheries director, along with deputy director Chandrakant Velip met with the central government in Delhi on Thursday to discuss the same.