D. Shanmugan, a fisherman from Chennai, says "large foreign vessels" leave no catch for them and it is difficult to sustain a living.

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At the fishermen's village of Satpati in Palghar, Maharashtra, girls from the fishing communities are not ready to marry fishermen because they cannot earn enough, owing to dwindling fish in the sea.u00a0

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These are some cases highlighted in a study by Greenpeace, which says fishermen are at grave risk of losing livelihood with depleting fish resources along the coast - thanks to overfishing and faulty government policies.u00a0

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