The 47-day monsoon-time ban on fishing by mechanised trawlers in the sea off the Kerala coast will come into force on June 14 midnight. The ban will be in force within 12 nautical miles (22.22 km) from the shoreline till July 31.
The annual trawling ban is being used as a fisheries management tool, which several other coastal States have emulated over the years. The first trawling ban for 45 days was enforced in 1988. Earlier, a ban was ordered in 1981, but it lasted only three days.
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