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Fishermen at Sulthan Battery in Mangalore on Thursday. MANGALORE: With the 57-day ban on fishing in the sea in force, fishermen in Mangalore are busy repairing their boats and fishing nets. They are getting ready for the next fishing season, which will begin on August 11. The bustling fisheries harbour in Bunder (old port) now has a quiet look with around 500 ships anchored there. In Sulthan Battery, approximately 50 boats are on land for repairs. Thukaram Bangera, owner of a manufacturing shed, says the engines of the ships are overhauled. Holes in the wooden hulls, which get split leading to water leaks, are fixed. Fishermen are engaged in scrubbing of the hulls of ships as they have collected barnacles over the four to five months in the sea. At the same place, at least seven fishermen were seen on Thursday occupied with repairing fishing nets. They were stitching up holes in the fishing nets lest fish escape through them, says Shankar, a fisherman. The nets have a border of large plastic beads that help the net to float. The damaged beads are replaced and the border of beads is tightened, says Srinivas, a fisherman from the same area. The two fishermen say some go fishing in the river in ‘donis' (country boats). In Sultan Battery, about 50 or 60 fishermen go fishing in the river in 20 ‘donis', each with two or three fishermen in it. They catch river fish that include “kaane”, “edi”, “payya” and “irimeen”. For the fisherwomen, the morning routine of going to the “dhakke” (Bunder area) to buy fish wholesale has changed. Now, they either sell stored, dried fish or they get river fish from the ‘donis'. “The ‘donis' catches are unpredictable. There is no fixed time as in the case of sea fish. The women get to know through word of mouth that the fish has landed,” says Malathi S., Secretary, Bolar Meenagrarau Mahileyaru Seva Sahakari Sangha. Sabitha Karkera, director, Bolar Meenugarara Mahileyara Seva Sahakari Sangha, says the women use up funds that they get from government schemes in the off-season. From Bolar and Jeppu areas, 234 women were part of a scheme where they are able to use Rs.1, 800 each to buy, transport, and sell fish. Of the Rs.1, 800, Rs.600 was from the State government and Rs. 600 from the Centre. Each woman adds another Rs. 600 over eight months beginning in September so that she would have some funds by April end, when there is no major fishing activity.
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