Now, Lakshadweep’s tuna flies direct to Tokyo
The Hindu
Tuna from the islands fetches high value in global market due to its least histamine content
Direct export of fresh tuna fish from Lakshadweep to Japan, via Bengaluru, through air cargo began on Sunday. This would fetch international market for premium- quality tuna from the Lakshadweep islands during monsoon, even amidst the pandemic restrictions. Having over 20,000 sq km of territorial water, the high-value fish abounds on the Lakshadweep coast. More than 60% of the population of the islands is dependent on fishing for livelihood. Of the 12,500 households on the islands, there are 7,197 registered fishermen who operate 2,158 fishing boats.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250217064624.jpg)
When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.