The depression over the South East Arabian Sea has intensified and affected fishing activities in Uttara Kannada district on Wednesday. Fishermen stayed away from fishing activities in Karwar and other coastal areas of the district, owing to the warning issued by the meteorological department that the weather system was likely to intensify into a deep depression and bring heavy rain in the western coast. Sources in the Meteorological department said that officials have ensured the return of fishermen engaged in deep-sea fishing in Arabian Sea in view of the weather system. The depression is moving towards the North-West direction from Kerala with a speed of 14 kmph. This is the main reason behind the hot and cloudy weather condition in the coastal region of Uttara Kannada, the Met officials said. This would continue to prevail till Thursday, they said. The coastal area of the district had cloudy weather throughout Wednesday and some places witnessed mild rain. According to fishermen, the condition in Arabian Sea is very rough as the depression has intensified in the west coast of India. Many fishing boats which had come from distant places like Tamil Nadu and Kerala are among those that have been anchored at Karwar port. Fishermen said that the unpredictable weather has put them in a tough spot as they have a large quantity of the catch in the boat and if normalcy do not return in the next three-four days, they have to throw it in the sea or sell locally.