The fishermen - Prasant Mandal (30) and Lulu Mandal (29) - were intercepted by a poaching squad of the forest department near Kathua creek under the national park jurisdiction, said forest range officer, Akshaya Kumar Nayak.
The nets used for fishing were seized from the arrested persons, who were later remanded to judicial custody under the provisions Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, Nayak said.