The visit was also to assess the state government's proposal to convert some of the islands dotting the region into tourists spots, officials said.
Earlier, forest department officials went through some anxious moments when the boat in which Jayakrishnan traveled to Kurisidai island got stuck in mid sea, which was unusually rough. They had to tow it to the coast with the help of another country boat.
The GOMMNP has a core area of about 560 sq kms from Rameswaram to Tuticorin lying within the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve covering an area of 10,500 sq kms on the south-east coast of India.
It is one of the world's richest regions in marine bio diversity and the first marine Biosphere Reserve in Southeast Asia.
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