• India and Sri Lanka have agreed to set-up a Joint Working Group on Fisheries (.11VG) and a hotline between their Coast Guards to address the long-standing issue of fishermen from Tamil Nadu on November 7, 2016.
• The Rural Fishermen Society president offered a deal for Indian boats to be allowed to fish in Sri Lankan waters for 85 days every year for the next three years before they are phased out. Rejecting that offer, fishermen from Jaffna said they wanted an immediate end to 'bottom trawling', a practice that depletes the ocean's resources, and refused to return more than 100 trawlers seized by Sri Lankan authorities since 2014.
• The terms of reference of the JWG includes "expediting the transition towards ending the practice of bottom trawling at the earliest", as well as framing procedures for returning fishermen arrested by both sides, and the possibility of joint patrolling.
• The Rural Fishermen Society president offered a deal for Indian boats to be allowed to fish in Sri Lankan waters for 85 days every year for the next three years before they are phased out. Rejecting that offer, fishermen from Jaffna said they wanted an immediate end to 'bottom trawling', a practice that depletes the ocean's resources, and refused to return more than 100 trawlers seized by Sri Lankan authorities since 2014.
• The terms of reference of the JWG includes "expediting the transition towards ending the practice of bottom trawling at the earliest", as well as framing procedures for returning fishermen arrested by both sides, and the possibility of joint patrolling.
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