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Tamil Nadu demands release of fishing boats in Sri Lanka

16 Jan, 2017

The Tamil Nadu government is demanding the release of the fishing boats detained by Sri Lanka.

Tamil Nadu?Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar?reiterated that 20 fishermen and 118 fishing boats from Tamil Nadu must be released from Sri Lankan custody, The Hindu newspaper reported.

He raised this issue?at?a meeting held in Delhi where all coastal States put forth their comments on the Draft National Policy on Marine Fisheries 2016.

Jayakumar pointed to the State Government?s stand on?the traditional fishing rights in the Palk Bay. (Colombo Gazette)

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