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“Eleven individuals have been arrested and their trawler seized for unlawful fishing in turtle habitat zones in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Odisha‘s Kendrapara district,” forest officers stated.
“The marine fishermen, who hail from Kendrapara district, have been despatched to judicial custody after their arrest on Monday (December 1, 2025). They’ve been booked below sections of the Wildlife Safety Act, 1972,” he stated.
With the most recent apprehensions, a complete of 130 fishermen have been arrested and round a dozen vessels seized since November 1, 2025 for intrusion into the marine sanctuary.
The State Authorities has clamped a seven-month fishing ban alongside a 20-km stretch from Dhamara to Devi river mouth from November 1, 2025 in view of the following mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley marine turtles.
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Nonetheless, the prohibition stays enforced round-the-year in Gahirmatha as it’s based on the standing of a marine sanctuary. “The turtles die of asphyxiation after getting entangled in nets, and in addition get hit by fishing trawlers,” forest officers stated.
Revealed – December 02, 2025 11:32 am IST