Fishermen seek ban on fishing with LED lights

Though the Union government has banned the use of LED lights while fishing, it's rampant use in coastal Karnataka is threatening marine ecology killing juvenile fish, thereby jeopardizing the livelihood of traditional fishermen. Concerned with the ban not being implemented in Karnataka's coastal waters, the Nadadoni Fishermen Association of Uttara Kannada has written to the ministry of agriculture to instruct the district administrations of Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada to strictly enforce the ban on LED fishing and bull trawling.