THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: (Jun 5) Kerala cabinet on Thursday ratified the trawling ban imposed in the sea off the Kerala coast for 52 days from June 9 midnight to July 31 midnight.
The notification regarding the ban was issued on May 29, as part of efforts to protect marine resources during the fish breeding season, an official release here said.
The cabinet also decided to lease 10 acres of land to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) for a period of 90 years without any financial obligation.
