India: fishermen are forbidden to use LED lights for night fishing in the lake Luoketake

India is located in the Manipur central Luoketake Lake (Loktak Lake) is known as the "Manipur gem" (Jewel of Manipur), the lake consists of many islands singular Boolean Leimuqiao National Park, is known as the world's only a "floating" of the National Park, but also endangered deer (Cervus eldi eldi) The main habitat.

However, LED lamps in recent years in the local fishermen pop up, the India forest and the environment ministry announced that in order to Luoketake ecological lake, fishermen are forbidden to use LED lights at night fishing, and offenders will be severely punished.

Figure Luoketake lake. (photo: Water Alternatives)

The lake rippling large mixed organic matter of soil, locally known as "phumdis" (a number of islands collectively), seemingly a series of floating islands, and like the lake swamp, diversity has attracted international attention. Local is also designated as protection areas in 1966, and in 1977 declared a national park.

Luoketake lake is also the local economy, but not the one of the important water source in India hydroelectric power, but also for local residents cited as irrigation water and drinking water, the water and the soil layer is adjacent to the livelihood of fishermen of the department.

When the fishermen at night and take a boat to the lake fishing, in order to lighting a lamp, will point in the boat. Recently began to use high efficiency LED lamp fishermen, but the forest and the environment ministry announced that the ban Luoketake Lake fishermen use LED lights at night fishing, and offenders will be severely punished.

The government admitted that the surrounding residents fishing is the main source of livelihood, can not be banned, but said LED lamp has several migratory birds habitat caused by interference.

Forest and environment minister Jane Singer (Th cable? Shyamkumar Singh) suggested that fishermen, for safety, do not enter the lake at night fishing.

Thousands of migratory birds in the area occupies 237 square kilometers of Luoketake lake, northeast of India's largest freshwater lake, most of which are water birds, there are more than 60. Forest and environment department director Noura nursery school? BA (Anurag Bajpai) pointed out: "the recent popular LED lamp for fishing at night, which has seriously interfere with the flight patterns of migratory birds; because of the lighting and the lack of food, more and more birds choose settled in a safer place, we cannot yet say how many birds Only have left, but we are going to begin late this month estimated the number of Luoketake Lake bird."

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