A fisherboat in morning on 9th Jan 2014. Northeast wind created spectacular foggy atmosphere. Northern Palk Bay is known for its high productivity of squids and cuttle fishes (கனவாய் மீன்கள்) which actually belongs to Phylum Mollusca.
When the wind direction changing from one direction to another direction, the surface water looks very calm like the above picture. In tamil nadu, the thanjavur district fishers called it as "EERATTI"