Every year, when the skies turn grey and black, and the clouds burst upon us, a portion of the city goes quiet. The annual trawling ban opens in this time, mechanised boats finally anchor for rest at the fishing harbour.
The usual buzz and hustle of frenzied auctioning and buying halts for 45 days.
A majority of the fishermen are from Tamil Nadu and have set off for home, leaving just one man each to look after their boat.
A short while before the ban ends, they will return to begin maintenance work on the boats and the fishing nets.
This is when the local fishermen use their traditional country crafts for fishing in the backwaters. The trawling ban is a time for fish to breed and also for migrant fishermen to return home, if only for a short while.
