{"id":2931,"date":"2014-04-28T20:57:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T19:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2025-10-19T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:48:32","slug":"kasimedu-fishing-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=2931","title":{"rendered":"Kasimedu Fishing Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the northern end of Chennai&#8217;s coast, just north of the Chennai port, where, at any given time, hundreds of trucks stretch in a long line waiting to load or unload goods, is Kasimedu fishing harbor &#8211; also known as Royapuram fishing harbor, for the town section nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The harbor has a capacity of 575 fishing boats, but the space is currently used by 1,395 boats. &nbsp;This number includes six hundred 45-foot boats (each operated by 11 people); two hundred 30-foot boats (each operated by 4 people) and three hundred fiber boats with outboard motors (each operated by 3-4 people. &nbsp;Plus hundreds of catamarans. &nbsp;Here is a clip&nbsp;of the harbor from the air:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasimedu Fishing Harbor\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WqA53mHEpgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The harbor includes an auction hall visited by nearly 30,000 daily, with 200 tons of fish being sold every day. &nbsp;When I went to visit, a 45-day fishing ban was in effect &#8211; it runs from April 15 to Ma 29, and is designed to give the fish time to breed. &nbsp;So there were not many fishermen. &nbsp;However, the area is also home to a boat building\/repair area, and when we arrived early in the morning, the men could all be seen heading to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/14046889041\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14046889041_a32b4244a1_z.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Dock Workers\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the boats looked like they had been there for a long time, in a state of permanent disrepair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/14051468914\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14051468914_7d6b095219_z.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Seen Better Days\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, others were actively being built or refurbished, and it was clear that there is quite a bit of shipbuilding know-how here, with big fishing boats being built with relatively simple tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/14027862036\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14027862036_242f4e15cf_c.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Shipbuilding\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there was this guy, bathing his cows. &nbsp;You don&#8217;t see this every day. &nbsp;He brought his cows down to the water and was scrubbing them as they stood patiently, even down to washing their tails by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/14047796102\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14047796102_b2ff067842_z.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Washing Cows\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others were hard at work doing who-knows-what on their boats while the fishing ban was in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/14050442854\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14050442854_38a398fe21_z.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Boat Workers\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a pretty good day for pictures. Some of the photos you see above were taken with one of my favorite cameras, a Kodak Retina 1a, an early 35mm camera made from 1949 to 1954. But I also had an opportunity to test out a 1971-73 Canon FTb that I got in a box of cameras I ordered, but was missing its winding knob, had no battery, and no lens. I bought a cheap 80mm lens and you can actually get a winding knob loose, and screw it on. The light meter still doesn&#8217;t work even though I found a battery for it. But I think the pictures turned out pretty good. These are a couple of my favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/14046863831\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14046863831_2e2fd1965b_z.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Fishing Boats\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/14046760922\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14046760922_7850270e85_z.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Fishing Boats\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, this one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14026796546_300d2b0cff_z.jpg?resize=600%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8123\" style=\"width:670px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14026796546_300d2b0cff_z.jpg?resize=600%2C376&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14026796546_300d2b0cff_z.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/14026796546_300d2b0cff_z.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to see additional pictures from Kasimedu harbor, you can check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/sets\/72157644342702436\/\" target=\"_blank\">album on Flickr.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, this is a pretty good short documentary clip someone did about the actual fish market, which we didn&#8217;t see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"kasimedu fish market documentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxaLRs9vKk0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the northern end of Chennai&#8217;s coast, just north of the Chennai port, where, at any given time, hundreds of trucks stretch in a long line waiting to load or unload goods, is Kasimedu fishing harbor &#8211; also known as Royapuram fishing harbor, for the town section nearby. 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