The Maharashtra Government has decided to ban fishing with LED lights as a part of efforts to curb illegal fishing activities.
A notification in this regard will be issued soon, a government press release said here.
Animal Husbandry, Dairy Developmentand Fisheries Department Secretary Kiran Kurundkar gave instructions in this regard at a meeting of Fisheries Department and Mangrove Cell of Forest Department, the release said.
ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis had instructed the officials to take a strict action to stop fishing with LED lights, he said.
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