The government is planning to enact legislation to ensure that fishermen are assured of the rights to marine resources. A comprehensive law for the purpose is on the anvil, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the Assembly on Thursday. In a statement made under rule 300 in the House, he said the government was working on a package of schemes with focus on the safety and security of fishermen that had become a priority after Cyclone Ockhi. Mr. Vijayan said 1,45,788 fishermen putting out to sea from the Kerala coast would soon receive weather alerts on their mobile phones. The Fisheries Department had opened a control room and efforts were on to install flags, beacon lights and display boards at harbours and fish landing centres in accordance with international marine laws. The government was going ahead with a project to equip fishing vessels with the NAVIC satellite-based system that would provide weather warnings up to 1,500 km from the coast. As many as 215 boats had also been provided with an automatic vessel tracking system. The statement said a total of 58 fish workers had perished in Cyclone Ockhi and 104 were reported missing. The storm destroyed 384 boats, 248 houses, 270 huts and caused damage to 6,851 houses. Crops in 7,817.38 hectares were damaged, along with more than 100 km of roads, 10,442 electric posts, 1,165 transformers, 57 irrigation schemes and 19 water supply projects.