A Coast Guard ship today located 15 boats off Lakshadweep and provided assistance to 184 fishermen on board, as part of its Cyclone Ockhi relief operations.<br/>'<br/>A Coast Guard statement in Mumbai said, the ship, ICGS Samrat, on reaching the indicated position in the morning, located 15 fishing boats with 14 belonging to Tamil Nadu and one to Kerala respectively. <br/><br/>It said, during the ongoing search-and-rescue operation, a Coast Guard Dornier aircraft on a search mission sighted a cluster of fishing boats in the sea area of Lakshadweep Islands. Coast Guard ship Samrat was immediately diverted to provide assistance to the fishing boats. <br/><br/>During the rescue operations by ICGS Samrat, 184 crew of these fishing boats were provided assistance of food and water. The statement said, the Coast Guard region (West) was carrying out extensive search-and-rescue efforts for the stranded fishermen by deploying over 22 surface platforms and five aircraft. During Cyclone Ockhi, the Coast Guard has saved 367 lives at sea so far.<br/>''<br/>