The fishing industry has collapsed. The fishing industry has gone into recession due to problems including increase in the price of diesel, shortage of fish from the sea and non-availability of affordable prices. Not only this, many fishermen are drowning in debt every year due to not getting enough fish from the sea and unfair prices, along with this, many fishermen have sold their boats in scraps and moved to other businesses.
How many years did the fishermen get into trouble?
It is worth mentioning that now the fishermen are facing depression. Fishermen of Gujarat’s largest fishing port, Veraval, are saying, ‘When will the government get concerned? Yes, the boats you are seeing are from Gujarat’s biggest fishing industry, Veraval Port, where more than 5 thousand boats are docked at Veraval Port alone. There are many small and large fish export plants, and it is from here that most of the fish is exported to the country and the world. And gives the government exchange rate of crores of rupees. But these same fishermen have been in trouble for many years.Also Read: Body of girl missing for three days found under mysterious circumstances, father missing
The fishermen’s season is now getting shorter
The reason why fishermen are in trouble is due to rising diesel prices, not enough fish from the sea and rupees invested in foreign exports. Due to all these reasons, the fishermen’s season which usually lasts till the month of March has now started getting shorter. Along with this, about 70 percent of the boats have been forced to close early. So the fishermen have also been forced to sell their boats.
Inflation is a headache for fishermen
On one hand the fishing industry is collapsing day by day due to recession and thousands of people including fishermen are losing their jobs. Fishermen who are struggling with natural calamities are now facing natural calamities as well. The storms of the last two or three years and then the global epidemic Corona!. And the stuck rupees in the country and the world due to Corona have now become a headache for the fishermen. In 2019, fishing boat owners who bought diesel at Rs 60 a liter can no longer afford Rs 100 diesel.
The condition of fishermen in Gujarat
It is worth mentioning that if you go fishing in the sea after buying expensive diesel, then you will not get the right price of fish after coming to the shore. Meanwhile, the fishermen who have been representing the government for years have now scrapped their boats or sold them to other people and moved to other businesses. However, even in that, labor has been the only option for the fishermen who have been in the business of fishing for centuries as they have no other skills. Then these same fishermen are sitting with the government hoping that when will the government get concerned.