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Prohibition of fishing within 1km radius of the new mouth, lake-ward and sea-ward, and along the complete Palur canal also at the confluence point of Palur canal with Rushikulya estuary should be imposed.
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Chilika should be made free from prawn culture gheries and any other type of aquaculture operations, as it adversely affect the shore-line ecotone, which are the most productive zone of the lagoon.
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Khanda fishing in the strategic recruitment routes including Magarmukh should regulated so that the recruitment of juveniles as well as the breeding migration is not adversely affected.
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The old traditional seasonal capture fishing methods such as Jano, Prawn fishery (prawn khati), Dian, Uthapani etc should be encouraged.
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Operation of very fine mesh size nets (zero nets) should be prohibited.
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Motorisation of wooden boats in Chilika should not be further encouraged and there should be a regulation of plying of such boats based on the carrying capacity.
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The capture fishery exploitation should commensurate with Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) level (pre-determined) of the lagoon.
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Measures should be taken to prohibit high tide mullet fishing along the Outer Channel during the breeding migration period (September – January) for successful spawning in sea and auto-recruitment of mullet juveniles.
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Environmental Impact Assessment for commercial exploitation of bioresources, from the lagoon, other than fisheries should be mandatory.
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To regulate the fishery activities in Chilika lake regular surveillance and monitoring by the task force need to be ensured.
