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more-inIn the backdrop of rampant juvenile fishing, the Fisheries Department has swung into action, carrying out checks on fishing boats arriving with catch at fish landing centres in the district. He appealed to the Fisheries Department to take stringent action against any boat engaged in juvenile fishing and called for awareness campaigns among fishermen about the danger to fish resources posed by juvenile fishing. A meeting is being convened on Friday to discuss the issues as traditional fishermen in Ernakulam district have followed the norm against juvenile fishing so far, he said. However, the boat owners and fishermen were let off with a warning against engaging in juvenile fishing. He added that both traditional fishermen and boat owners had agreed to refrain from juvenile fishing, and that initial reports on juvenile mackerels being caught were bad news owing to the precarious fish availability situation off the Kerala coast..