The annual fishing ban is set to begin from the midnight of April 15 and it will continue up tol June 14 midnight.
What has started as a voluntary ban is now officially imposed across all coastal districts, and only the time period differs. Like in Gujarat and Maharashtra, the ban varies from June to August.
In Visakhapatnam coast, all the 1,500 mechanised boats between Bheemunipatnam and Yarada, will be moored at the fishing harbour.