Fishermen are Coast Guard’s new eyes in the sea

September 16th, 2009 Coast Guard cancels lobstering ban on Maine islandPORTLAND, Maine — A congresswoman says the Coast Guard has rescinded a rule that prohibited lobstermen from fishing in the waters around a remote Maine island. Rep. Chellie Pingree says Coast Guard officials told her Tuesday night that they had withdrawn the rule making waters around Seal Island off-limits.

August 23rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Border Security Force (BSF) said on Sunday that an investigation was being carried out into this week's incident of nine Pakistani fishermen illegally entering Indian territorial waters off Gujarat. Three of the nine Pakistanis, who were arrested on August 17 by the BSF from a boat in the Sir Creek area in Gujarat's Kutch district, would be subjected to polygraph test, said Raman Srivastava, the Director General of BSF.

July 4th, 2009 USCG: 4 Mich. fishermen found safe on Lake ErieMONROE, Mich.

July 3rd, 2009 4 Mich. fishermen missing on Lake ErieMONROE, Mich. — The U.S.

June 24th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Fishermen in Saurashtra and Kutch of Gujarat were Wednesday asked not to venture out to the sea without checking the weather advisory as there was possibility of high-velocity wind blowing over the Arabian Sea in the region. The state fisheries department issued the alert to the fishermen for the 24 hours from Wednesday afternoon.

April 16th, 2009 KARACHI - Twenty Indian fishermen who were arrested for allegedly fishing in Pakistani waters were Thursday jailed by a court here till April 28. The Indian fishermen were nabbed and their four boats - Poona Putra, Raj Mensi, Jal Ganga and Suneel Raj - were seized by the Maritime Security Agency on Monday, Geo TV reported.

April 11th, 2009 RAMESHWARAM - Indian Coast Guard officials handed over 34 Sri Lankan fishermen to the island's naval authorities here Saturday, an official said. The fishermen from southern Sri Lanka had trespassed into Indian waters and were arrested along with seven craft and a sizeable catch March 26.

April 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian fishermen inadvertently crossing over into Sri Lanka's territorial waters are sometimes subjected to harassment by the Sri Lankan Navy, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Sunday. He also said killing fishermen is not acceptable in any circumstances.

March 24th, 2009 PORBANDER - The Coast Guard have cautioned the Gujarat customs against inadvertently straying into Pakistani waters, an error that hundreds of Indian fishermen commit while operating close to the country's maritime boundary. 'We have been conveying a cautionary note to the field formations of Gujarat customs personnel patrolling on boats not only to be wary of their co-ordinates (position) while patrolling about 30 nautical miles off Jhakhau's coastal waters close to the Gulf of Kutch but also report on any boat of the Pakistani Maritime Agency spotted far into the Indian side,' a senior Coast Guard official told IANS.

March 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - Five Sri Lankan fishermen caught by the Indian Coast Guard off the Andhra Pradesh coast were remanded to two weeks in judicial custody here Wednesday, the police said. According to police sources, the Sri Lankans travelling by a fishing craft Jeya Sikuru01 were intercepted by a coast guard vessel in the early hours of Tuesday near Machlipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

February 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Coast Guard and Mumbai Police were on alert after fishermen reported sighting two unidentified speedboats Sunday afternoon off the north Mumbai coast, an official said. Some fishermen saw the speedboats around 110 km to the north near Tarapur, where sensitive installations of national importance are located.

February 21st, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 10 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy, a naval official said Friday. The fishermen were arrested off the island's north-western coast of Thalaimannar.

February 19th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 10 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy, a naval official said Friday. The fishermen were arrested off the island's north-western coast of Thalaimannar.

February 5th, 2009 RAMESHWARAM - Indian and Sri Lankan authorities Friday handed over to each other more than 20 fishermen who had strayed into their waters, the police said. While 22 Indian fishermen were handed over to coast guard officials earlier in the day, 21 liberated Sri Lankan fishermen are on their way home, police sources added.

January 18th, 2009 BHUJ - Seventeen Pakistani fishermen have been awaiting interrogation in this Gujarat city after they were caught for entering Indian waters at the Kori Creek last week. The fishermen, caught Thursday from the Kori Creek by the Coast Guard, are in the custody of the Narayan Sarovar Police Station and the police of the border district of Kutch have already interrogated them, police sources said Monday.