Fisheries department officials in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu seized four mechanized trawlers from a fishing harbour at Sethubavachathiram in Thanjavur district for the alleged use of double-fold nets for fishing. Despite repeated warnings by the officials, the fishermen had been using the banned nets, which destroy fish species, the officials said.
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