5 January, 2005 -- "The last seven or eight days have been very trying for us at the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP-IGO) as we have been engaged in making assessments of the damage to the fisheries sector in the southern States of India and also providing necessary support to the local Government in terms of technical inputs", says Dr. Yugraj Yadava, Director of Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO), talking to FAO from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.The fisheries sector in Tamil Nadu has suffered major damages, followed by Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Besides