{"id":74830,"date":"2021-11-01T01:11:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T06:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74830"},"modified":"2021-11-01T22:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T03:00:29","slug":"representatives-of-fishing-organiztions-from-northern-districts-of-sri-lanka-alog-with-tna-jaffna-district-mp-sumanthiran-meet-indian-high-commissioner-gopal-baglay-in-colombo-and-convey-their-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74830","title":{"rendered":"Representatives of Fishing Organiztions from Northern districts of Sri Lanka along with TNA Jaffna District MP Sumanthiran   meet Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay in Colombo and   convey their concern over \u2018delay in India\u2019s response\u2019 to bottom trawling issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>Meera Srinivasan  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Indian High Commissioner in Colombo on Monday assured Sri Lanka\u2019s northern fishermen that he would convey their concerns over bottom trawling by Indian fishermen in the Palk Strait to both New Delhi and Tamil Nadu and look at some immediate measures to address the problem.<\/p>\n<p>A delegation of fisher leaders from Sri Lanka\u2019s northern districts, along with Jaffna legislator M.A. Sumanthiran, met Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay in Colombo on Monday, and voiced concern over the \u201cdelay in India\u2019s response\u201d to the issue of bottom trawling in the Palk Strait.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> The meeting was consequent to a recent discussion, held when High Commissioner Baglay called on Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan last week, according to TNA spokesman Mr. Sumanthiran, who was also at the meeting. \u201cThe fisher community leaders recalled that the Indian side had agreed twice \u2014 in 2010 and 2016 \u2014 to phase out and end the practice of bottom trawling. But it has not ended yet,\u201d the Jaffna MP told The Hindu, after Monday&#8217;s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>A fortnight ago, northern Sri Lankan fishermen held a sea rally, demanding that Sri Lanka implement its laws against bottom trawling, a destructive fishing method that erodes the seabed, endangering marine organisms. Dozens of boats with black flags travelled 100 km from the north-eastern Mullaitivu town to Point Pedro in Jaffna, with some TNA MPs joining the protest. Fishermen from Tamil Nadu crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters, using the harmful bottom trawling fishing method, has been a recurring flashpoint in India-Sri Lanka ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe High Commissioner listened to the fisher leaders&#8217; grievances and told them that he would convey their sentiments to both New Delhi and Tamil Nadu. He agreed that while long term solutions are taking time, it is important to come up with some short-term measures meanwhile,\u201d Mr. Sumanthiran said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton74830\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D74830&amp;text=Representatives%20of%20Fishing%20Organiztions%20from%20Northern%20districts%20of%20Sri%20Lanka%20along%20with%20TNA%20Jaffna%20District%20MP...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Meera Srinivasan The Indian High Commissioner in Colombo on Monday assured Sri Lanka\u2019s northern fishermen that he would convey their concerns over bottom trawling by Indian fishermen in the Palk Strait to both New Delhi and Tamil Nadu and look at some immediate measures to address the problem. A delegation of fisher leaders from &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74830\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Representatives of Fishing Organiztions from Northern districts of Sri Lanka along with TNA Jaffna District MP Sumanthiran   meet Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay in Colombo and   convey their concern over \u2018delay in India\u2019s response\u2019 to bottom trawling issue&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74833,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74830\/revisions\/74833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}