Gir Somnath (Gujarat) [India], May 4 (ANI): The rise in fuel prices has become a major challenge for the marine fishermen of Gujarat's Veraval, one of the biggest fish exporting hubs in India.

In Gujarat, Veraval has over 100 fish export-oriented units, which process fish of various qualities from the entire Gujarat coast, including Diu, to be sent abroad. The fishing season ends in May ...

Shaik Navab Jani, 32, is busy cooking rice and fish on a 15-metre mid-sized mechanised fishing trawler anchored at the harbour in Veraval. The coastal town in Gujarat is considered to be one of ...

Veraval coast is known for ribbon fish, squid fish, cuttle fish and lobster fish. The Veraval fishermen are not allowed to approach the jetties in other states, because according to rules only ...

Once painted and ready, they’d go out to the sea to catch fish, and during the ferocious monsoon, be brought to shelter, to rest, be repaired, and repainted. When I went to Veraval, the harbour ...

Crew were adrift in their boat for nine days after being attacked by pirates Mumbai: The Indian Coast Guard Station (ICGS) at Veraval, Gujarat, rescued seven Somali fishermen who were adrift in ...