page_title: Chinnamuttom
section_title: Fishing harbours
hierarchical_section_title: Chinnamuttom / Fishing harbours
caption_attribution_description: English: Fishing Harbour, Chinnamuttom English: Fishing Harbour, Chinnamuttom
context_page_description: Chinnamuttom is a special-grade village in Kanyakumari District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Chinnamuttom is at the southernmost point of the Indian Subcontinent. The nearest town is Kanyakumari, a special-grade township and an international tourist spot 1.5 km away. Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, is 24 km away.
context_section_description: Along Tamil Nadu's 1,076 km (669 mi) coastline, there are 3 major fishing harbours, 4 medium fishing harbours, and 10 fish-landing centres developed for safe berthing of boats and for hygienic landing and handling of fish catches.
  Chinnamuttom has the only fishing harbour in Kanyakumari District. The harbour was constructed between 1984 and 1994 at the cost of 684.70 lakhs under a 50% Government of India (GOI) grant. The construction of the harbour encouraged the local fishing fleet to grow from 70 mechanized boats and 100 country boats to 143 mechanized boats, 166 country boats and 20 fibre-reinforced boats by 1994. The fishing season is June to March. During the months of April and May, the vessels are not allowed into the sea due to the fishes' reproductive season, and are instead moved to dry-land and are repaired, painted, and refreshed in the vessel-building yard.
caption: Chinnamuttom Harbour
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