An organisation of fishermen in West Bengal has written to the Central government to scrap the draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2018, alleging that it would have adverse effects on their livelihood. Citing that the notification proposes to allow CRZ-IV, which comprises coastal water, transfer of hazardous substances from ships to ports, projects related to defence and atomic energy, the association has claimed that it would destroy the fishing areas of small and traditional fishing communities near shore water. The letter sent by representatives of Kanthi Mahakuma Khoti Matsyajibi Union and Dakshin Banga Matyajibi Forum to officials of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has raised objections stating that the proposed changes would increase pollution load in the sea and encroachment in the CRZ. Debasis Shyamal, DMF vice-president, said the 2018 draft is silent on rights of small fishermen.