KASARAGOD: The Marakkappu beach near Nileshwaram witnessed a Sardine swarm between 6.30 am and 8 am this morning. People thronged to the beachside with buckets after hearing the news, and many had the luck to take away a good share of fish back to their homes.

A large group of sardines had washed ashore at the Payyambalam beach in Kannur yesterday. The group of sardines washed ashore at around 9 am yesterday.

Meanwhile, a new study by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has attributed the unexpected increase in sardines reaching the Kerala coast last year to changes in monsoon rainfall. The state had received a record four lakh tonnes of sardines in 2021. However, the sardine catch declined sharply to just 3,500 tonnes.

But last year, a large number of small sardines

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