Coast Guard rescue 79 Fishermem and 14 boats

Porbandar : The Indian Coast Guard have rescued 79 fishermem along with 14 boats in Arabian Sea off Gujarat coast during inclement weather and rough waters.

Defence Spokesperson today said that on receipt of weather advisory from IMD, Indian Coast Guard District Headquarters Porbandar had issued a notification on August 6 to the fishing association regarding the imminent inclement weather. Fishermen were cautioned not to venture out at sea during this weather warning. However, 19 fishing boats along with 95 crew proceeded to sea on 09 August for fishing ignoring the weather advisory. At about 1500 hrs on 10 August an information was received from fishing association Porbandar detailing the missing of said fishing boats along with its crew.

Immediately Coast Guard tasked three teams to search along the coast and locate the missing fishing boats. Later 10 fishing boats alongwith 59 crew returned safely to harbour. However 03 boats have been reported sunk by the fishing association, out of which 03 cadavers have also been recovered. On 11 August Coast Guard helicopter and Dornier aircraft alongwith Coast Guard ship Samudra Pavak were tasked to carryout air sea coordinated search for missing fishing boats and crew. Indian Coast Guard helicopter sighted 01 fishing boat along with 04 crew off Navibandar. ICGS Samudra Pavak had been directed to escort the sighted boat FB Hari Prasad Reg. No. IND-GJ-25-MO-2387 to Porbandar harbour ensuring safety of the boat and crew. A total of 14 fishing boats alongwith 79 crew have been safely rescued, and 06 cadavers have been recovered so far. All out efforts are being taken to search and rescue the remaining 09 crew of 02 boats and 01 missing crew.

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