India, March 12 -- Fishing trips in Goa have been halted due to a shortage of commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders after the ongoing West Asia conflict disrupted liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

Fishing trawlers rely on commercial LPG cylinders to cook food on board for the vessel's staff, and without these cylinders, boats have stopped embarking on fishing trips, the president of the All Goa Purse Seine Boat Owners Association, Harshad Dhond, said.

"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 ...