Royapuram fishing harbour

The draft alongside the wharf is 2 m. The harbour has a capacity to handle about 575 fishing craft but over 1,395 boats use the space.

Of the daily sales amounting to 200 tonnes, nearly 30 per cent is sent to other States such as Karnataka and Kerala and the remaining is provided for local markets.

The market sells a variety of fishes including seer, pomfret, prawn, shark, sardine, crab, silverbellies, carangids and mackerel.

[7] The harbour was extensively damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami,[8] especially the 500-m trawler wharf, which can berth nearly 500 mechanised boats.

[9] In December 2011, the Fisheries Department issued work order for a project to improve the facilities at the fishing harbour at a cost of ₹ 170 million.

[10] In April 2013, the then Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announced that the harbour will be upgraded, including creating additional mooring space, at a cost of ₹ 750 million.