Report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to the National Green Tribunal dated March 9, 2023. Report of the Joint Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 592/2022 with respect to the petition filed by All Traditional River Fishermen Association, Karnataka. The …
Fishermen have sought intervention of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to stop setting up of the proposed Posco captive port near the Jatadhari river mouth. Apprehending that the port would have an adverse impact on environment and their livelihood, they have demanded that the NGT should not allow the company …
Human Rights Defenders, an NGO based in South Goa, has opposed the mechanized beach cleaning process that the tourism department plans to undertake through Ram Engineering, Mumbai, for cleaning some of the beaches along the 105-km coastline of the state. The NGO submitted a memorandum to the tourism department giving …
The fishermen from Mahul gaon, a quiet fishing village near Chembur, are a distressed lot. Oil leakage from refineries located in the area over the past two months has not just threatened their traditional fishing business, but has also adversely affected the health of the families residing there. “Nobody dares …
Sindh's inland fishermen fear that fast shrinking water resources may cause devastation, as hundreds of fishermen depending on natural lakes, have become jobless. There is no exact data explaining how many fresh waters still exist and in what conditions because the government's figure to have 1,209 water bodies in the …
A public hearing on preparing Kanyakumari District Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) maps was held at the Collectorate here on Thursday. Participating in the meeting, Fr. Kildos of the Coastal Peace and Development said big hotels and amusement parks had come up in the Coastal Regulation Zone, formed under an …
The Obama administration is trying to build support for a key element of its climate-change plan with appeals to everyone from trout fishermen to fans of Al Roker on the Weather Channel. The push to promote the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to curb carbon dioxide from power plants stands in …
5,000 were working as labourers for companies that exported sand’. Around 400 fishermen, including 75 women, from the coastal hamlets of the district submitted a petition to District Revenue Officer P. Uma Maheshwari at the weekly grievance day meeting on Monday, urging the State government to allow sand mining “which …
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) has launched a campaign against dumping sugar mill waste in irrigation canals, lakes and natural waterways, a major cause of contamination. Currently, 17 sugar mills in Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan and Mirpurkhas districts are releasing their effluent into the Nareri Lake, damaging not just its ecosystem, …
The ministry of environment and forests has issued a 'fins naturally attached' policy requiring fisheries to land sharks in coastal states with their fins intact. The policy is a strong tool in the fight to end shark finning, a cruel practice that occurs when fishermen catch sharks, cut off their …
Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to appoint a consultant for the Rs 8,000 crore coastal road project, opposition from the local fishing community is intensifying. Representatives from 15 fishing colonies along the coastline are planning to hold a dharna in front of the Municipal Commissioner's office …
A team of scientists of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Thursday visited the rivers in Paradip area following reports of leakage of acid water. On Tuesday morning, large quantities of pollutants from Paradip Phosphates Limited (PPL) had entered water bodies following a crack in its gypsum slurry …
The budget of Alappuzha Municipality for 2013-14, presented by vice-chairman B. Ansari on Tuesday failed to address the region’s pressing drinking water problem. However, it provided some succour to fishermen who are facing various challenges. Mr. Ansari said the budget would provide Rs.10 lakh to fishermen, inland and sea, to …
Barely 30 years ago, playful Bottlenose Dolphins were among the plethora of sea creatures that used to happily cavort and thrive in the waters off the Vizag coast. Today, this mammal along with the Olive Ridley turtle is among the over 21 species including the whale shark, Pristis fish, Zygaena …
The World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) and Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) while welcoming the report designed by Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, who warned of the threat of ‘ocean-grabbing’ to food security, and urged world governments and international bodies to halt …
Madurai, 7 Oct: Stepping up their protest against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), spearheading the stir, would lay siege to the sea at about 500 metres away from the KNPP tomorrow. Fishers, farmers, traders and volunteers of various political parties from Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has given a clean chit to Adani Group owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) as the Kutch collectorate and Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) have stated before Gujarat High Court that no filling work on three disputed creeks in the southern coast of Kutch is being …
TAMLUK: The economy of East Midnapore district could be in trouble, since it is heavily dependent upon the cultivation of Bagda prawns, a product for which there is dwindling demand. In the last month, at least five struggling Bagda prawn growers who had taken out loans they could not repay …
A two-day workshop, titled “Fishery-dependent Livelihoods, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: The Case of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in India”, was held in New Delhi during 1-2 March 2012. The workshop was a follow-up to the one held in Chennai in 2009, which was titled “Social Dimensions of …
As Europe moves towards privatization of fisheries, it is faced with the dilemma of balancing social and economic objectives in the new Common Fisheries Policy.
