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.

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.

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.

The old traditional seasonal capture fishing methods such as Jano, Prawn fishery (prawn khati), Dian, Uthapani etc should be encouraged.

Operation of very fine mesh size nets (zero nets) should be prohibited.

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.

The capture fishery exploitation should commensurate with Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) level (pre-determined) of the lagoon.

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.

Environmental Impact Assessment for commercial exploitation of bioresources, from the lagoon, other than fisheries should be mandatory.

To regulate the fishery activities in Chilika lake regular surveillance and monitoring by the task force need to be ensured.

Existing Primary Fishery Co-operative Societies should be strengthened.

The procedural hurdles for timely settling of fishery sairats with the societies need to be streamlined.

The OMFR Act in respect of Chilika lake need to be amended, suiting to the current situations.

The Fishery sairats need to be properly surveyed and demarcated to avoid dispute and conflict.

The sairats (capture fishery sources) should be classified on the basis of potential productivity level and lease value be assessed accordingly.

The lease term for captures fishery sairats to be fixed for a minimum period of 3 to 5 years.

The existing package of incentives for marine fishery sector should be extended to the Chilika fishermen.