Motorised Clause Samples

Motorised. Due to rapid motorisation of the indigenous crafts with OBMs made the traditional sector more efficient, and extension of their fishing activity into deeper waters up to nearly 60 nm from the coastline in Kerala coast. The type of boats with a huge size of net to exploit the pelagic resources have net of size up to 450-1000 m and a large number of crew of about 10-15 onboard with multiple OBMs and OBM of up to 120 HP fitted. Due to growing demand, this resulted in the mechanised fishing fleet extending their hours of fishing and enhanced fishing operations are carried out by the motorised sector especially the ring seiners. The mechanised fishing vessels are engaged in trawling and gillnetting and very few are purseiners.