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All Kerala Fishing Boat Operators’ Association leaders said the ever increasing price of diesel and the government’s refusal to subsidise diesel were forcing many boat owners to quit fishing. more-inHundreds of mechanised fishing boats in the district stayed on shore on Thursday, the first day of the State-wide indefinite strike to protest against the high price of diesel and the restrictions on catching juvenile fish. “At Beypore, almost all the mechanised boats are now part of the strike and more boats will join if the government is not coming out with a favourable decision,” said C.
Musthafa, a fishing boat owner and the leader of the local boat owners’ association in Beypore. Leisure time: Most of the fishers were jobless at Beypore on Thursday following the indefinite strike by boat owners. If this is the situation in the case of unintentional violations, no boat owners would be able to survive in the sector,” he said..