Death of 18-year-old conch diver sparks row over use of compressors, purse seine nets in Tamil Nadu 12h T HOOTHUKUDI: An 18-year-old conch diver died underwater off the Vembar coast on Sunday.

At a recent high-level meeting chaired by chief secretary N Muruganandam, officials decided to impose strict penalties on vessels found using banned purse seine nets and failing to install turtle ...

Until further devilrays can be tagged, and a reasonable estimate of mortality of released animals obtained, fishers should be encouraged to release animals from the purse seine net while it is still ...