Politics behind India-Sri Lanka fishing dispute remaining unsolved The Morung Express 18th April 2017

The dispute between India and Sri Lanka over fishing activities in the Palk Bay remains unsolved mainly due to political reasons, according to Maarten Bavinck, a Dutch scientist who specialises in the area of capture fishery of both countries. Politics rather than science is playing an important role in marine fisheries governance, especially in South Asian countries, he said while delivering a lecture on ‘Tropical Marine Fisheries Governance’ at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) here on Tuesday. Bavinck, a professor at the University of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, opined that the Tamil Nadu government should take action in reducing the size of its fishing fleets in the Palk Bay region to resolve the conflict in the region