NAGAPATTINAM: The tussle over the practice of purse seine fishing has made a comeback in the coastal delta region, unsettling fishers in Nagapattinam who on Tue ...

“Of the four main methods of catching tuna – purse seine, long line, gillnet and pole-and-line – pole-and-line is the only selective method.” Also known as one-by-one fishing, pole-and ...

Tunas are caught by purse seine, long-lines, gillnet, pole & line and handline from coastal waters to high seas. Purse seine tuna fishing vessels will target free school swimming tuna or tuna ...

with nearly 80% of about 1,500 fishing boats, including purse seine boats and trawlers, anchored ashore due to poor catch. Deputy director of the fisheries department, Dilip Kumar, said that the ...