Goa, Sept. 12 -- Four months after the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court directed urgent enforcement of the 2017 ban on LED fishing, the State's Coastal Police have opted to procure only one fast patrol boat - despite government approval for two. The decision has deepened suspicions among traditional fishers that au thorities are unwilling to curb illegal fishing.

"Considering that the Coastal Police has practically no operational interceptor boats and rely on small craft which are unable to patrol the 100 nautical mile coastline of Goa, immediate steps shall be taken by the Goa Coastal Police and by the Government of Goa (Home Department), to en sure adequate numbers of interceptor boats are procured in the shortest possible time to pl...