AIMS seeks restriction on fishing during breeding season
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 02 2021:
The Apunba Imagi Machasing (AIMS), Manipur appealed all to refrain from fishing during the breeding season of fishes particularly in the months of July and August.
A memorandum in this regard and a has been submitted to Fisheries Minister, Sorokhaibam Rajen, said a statement of AIMS.
The body through the memorandum urged the Government to declare a "fishing holiday" for the welfare of the State's fishermen and appealed to impose restrictions on fishing from July to August each year to help conserve fish stocks in Manipur.
The July to August period is the spawning season for many varieties of fish in Manipur and as such restriction on fishing during the period will help facilitate the breeding, it said.
Declaring "fishing holiday" will help increase local availability of fish and reduce dependency from outside the State, it continued.