Key Highlights
- They have been booked under sections of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972,” they said.
- With the latest apprehensions, a total of 130 fishermen have been arrested and around a dozen vessels seized since November 1, 2025 for intrusion into the marine sanctuary.
- The State Government has clamped a seven-month fishing ban along a 20-km stretch from Dhamara to Devi river mouth from November 1, 2025 in view of the ensuing mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley marine turtles.
- Do Olive Ridley turtles reach the Odisha coast using magnetic power?
- However, the prohibition remains enforced round-the-year in Gahirmatha as it is accorded the status of a marine sanctuary.
