PANAJI, March 13 -- Fish may become scarce in Goa as fishing trips have halted due to the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders.
Harshad Dhond, the president of the All Goa Purse Seine Boat Owners Association told reporters that crew on fishing trawlers rely on commercial LPG cylinders to cook food on board for the vessel's staff. Without these cylinders, boats have stopped embarking on fishing trips.
"Each fishing trawler has a crew of around 30 to 40 men and each fishing trip usually lasts two weeks. Each trip uses around four to five gas cylinders. We had stock until yesterday, which ran out today. This means trawlers have stopped setting out to sea until they can procure the cylinders," Dhond told reporters. htc
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