Purse Seine boat fishing was one of the different types of fishing practised by fishermen in coastal districts. About 800 purse seine boats were operating in nine fisheries harbours in the State.

MAYILADUTHURAI: The arrest of 37 fishers from Mayiladuthurai by the Sri Lankan Navy has sparked fresh concerns with the Lankan authorities seizing a purse seine fishing boat for the first time.

A two-month fishing ban is in effect from June 1st to July 31st, impacting fishermen in Uttara Kannada. This ban coincides ...

The Aleutian Isle is a purse seiner, a type of commercial fishing boat that works in tandem with a smaller skiff to gather a fishing net into the shape of a purse, before hauling a catch of salmon ...

Following the meeting on Tuesday, the fisher representatives submitted a petition with Collector P Akash, demanding action against illegal purse seine fishing. We demand that boats indulging in ...

A Tauranga fishing boat skipper who was forced to release ... The San Columbia crew used the purse seiner's dory (small boat) to try and round up the dolphins and herd them towards a gap they ...

Data from the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry shows a 20 percent drop in Jakarta’s marine fisheries production in ...

The deceased is Narasimha,62. According to a complaint filed by his son, Umesh, his father was working as a crew member on the Veeranjaneya purse seine fishing boat, which operates from Malpe ...

Kapp is listed as the owner of the Wind Walker, according to a commercial fishing database that describes the boat as a 52-foot, diesel-powered vessel equipped with pots, longline and purse seine ...