date:Aug 03, 2012
Over 2,000 mechanised boats owned by Keralites and over 500 from Tamil Nadu went to the outer sea after the monsoon ban on trawling that has forced them ashore all these days ended on Tuesday midnight, reportsTheHindu.
During this enforced vacation, most of the boats received a fresh coat of paint, annual maintenance work and repairs.
Workers at fishing harbours and fish-landing centres along Keralas shoreline are giving final touches to the boats in order to make them sea-worthy. Nets are bei