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 …
S M Arun | ENS Thoothukudi, January 3 EU REGULATION ON CATCH CERTIFICATES A EUROPEAN Union regulation that catch certificates are mandatory for exports, has bought back the limelight on the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill, 2009. According to the regulation, all seafood products can be exported to EU …
Kutch Coast is one of the rare ecological zones in the world having rich bio-diversity. It comprises of mangroves, Coral reefs, Mudflats, Seaweeds, Commercial Fishes and several rare marine species. The mangroves of Kutch are the second largest after the Sunderbans in the mainland of India. A prominent feature of …
M K Sunil Kumar KOCHI: The State Government is planning to launch a scheme on the lines of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) which will assure earnings of around Rs 200 a day to every fisherman. The government is in the process of finalising the project, which is …
Srikakulam, Dec. 29: Former MLA and district president of Telugu Desam, Mr Gouthu Shyama Sundar Sivaji led a group of unemployed youth to Collectorate in a rally favouring thermal project coming up in Sompeta. For the first time, a rally was taken out in support of the project while mass …
Copenhagen is only a small beginning and I hope, in the coming years, developed nations will support a city like Chennai that has a significant number of fishermen -- I Arul Aram,Assistant professor in the Department of Media Sciences in Anna University After acrimonious debates and behind the scene political …
Kerala Swathanthra Matsyathozhilali Federation and the National Fish Workers Forum have said that the provisions in the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill should be scrapped. Many provisions in the Bill will hamper the livelihood of fishermen, according to Mr P.P.John, Federation General Secretary. The Bill says fishermen will have …
Rajesh B. Nair, Serena Josephine M. and Priti Narayan Establishment of the harbour has created the problem, say residents The fishing hamlet at Solai Nagar (north) faces a constant threat of sea erosion. Boats parked close to the shore in the area. Several coastal villages situated at the north of …
Marine capture fisheries already facing multiple challenges due to overfishing, habitat loss and weak management are poorly positioned to cope with new problems stemming from climate change, an FAO study suggests. Small island developing states
Management of water resources is crucial for supporting livelihoods, particularly marginal communities. The study aims at understanding the livelihood patterns of fishermen within the Tungabhadra sub basin, a tributary of river Krishna located in peninsular India. Household surveys, focus group discussions and interviews were carried out in order to understand …
THE PMK and VCK on Tuesday urged the Centre to withdraw the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill. Strongly condemning the Bill, PMK founder S Ramadoss, in a statement here, said the Centre should give up any move to amend certain clauses and pass it in Parliament. ```s the Bill …
`Its introduction without consulting the fishermen and other stakeholders would have adverse implications' CHIEF Minister M Karunanidhi requested Union Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar to initiate a wider dialogue with the fishermen and other stakeholders for bringing in the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill, 2009, which was inclusive and …
Kolhapur: As many as 26 fishermen from the coastal district of Sindhudurg, along with eight boats, are missing in the Arabian Sea after Wednesday's Cyclone Phyan. Official sources confirmed that around 289 boats have been damaged in the storm while over 2,020 fishing nets of several fishermen are reported missing …
Battered and shamed in the recent Lok Sabha polls and gaping at the cracks in its own front, Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is going against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that India has signed with ASEAN. It formed a 550 km 'human chain' across the state to demonstrate …
The fishers of the Indonesian island village of Lamalera have an age-old tradition of whaling that mixes social, cultural and economic practices to sustain livelihoods.
