PARADIP: Use of cellphones and VHF sets by crew members of boats and trawlers has posed a serious threat to endangered Olive Ridley turtles. Raids by Coast Guard, Forest and Fisheries officials to check illegal fishing are also proving infructuous as the fishermen are getting tipped off through the gadgets.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/cellphones-ring-death-ridleys
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/turtles
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gahirmatha-marine-sa
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
