The District Level Committee (DLC) has recommended applications for farms above 2 ha. water spread area, to State Level Committee for further recommendation to CAA for consideration of registrations. As of now, CAA has issued registrations of certifi cates to 25288 ha of 19,300 farmers in 9 coastal districts.

Important schemes and programmes :

Relief to Marine fishermen during ban period Every year, fishing in the marine waters is banned from April 15th to June 14th (61 days) under MFR Act as a conservation of fishery wealth in the sea and also for promoting responsible fisheries. During ban period, the crew members of the mechanized and motorized fishing boats are provided relief @Rs.4000/- to each crew member by Direct Cash Transfer. About 77500 fishermen are covered during 2017-18.

Dissemination of cycloneyear along California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, the most since 2000.

About five were found further north along beaches in Canada's British Columbia province.

It is a small fraction of the total number because most sink or wash up in remote areas and are unrecorded.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 34 seconds 34 s In May another grey whale washed up on a San Francisco beach, making it the ninth in two months

NOAA Fisheries late last month declared the die-off an "unusual mortality event" and provided additional resources to respond to the deaths.

"With the unusual mortality event of these grey whales, we know more whales will be coming in, or there is a high