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 …
The Goan fishing industry is at risk of further depletion, and even collapse, due to over-exploitation, warns PETER FERNANDES Our beautiful Goa, blessed with plentiful natural resources, and exquisite with a splendour far surpassing human imagination, is truly a precious jewel of the East, and the prized destination of travellers. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fishermen under the banner of the Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation will launch an agitation in protest against the exclusion of fishermen in the State from the package announced by the Centre to write off agricultural loans. Addressing a news conference here on Thursday, Federation state president T.Peter said …
How does gender effect fisheries management? It is well documented that women in fishing communities all over the world play major roles in the processing and distribution of fish, but discovering their views of and preferences regarding fisheries management is the subject of this research. While asking specifically about gender …
'It was about 8.30pm. The devastating Sidr was approaching the coatal land from the Bay of Bengal. Our courtyard was submerged by water brought by tidal surge. I, along with my pregnant wife Hanufa Begum, 21, and daughter Nargis, 5, started moving to a local cyclone centre for taking shelter. …
Indapur (Pune): Jaising Nagre makes a living by fishing in the Ujjani dam backwaters in Indapur. Nagre, who is from the Bhoi community, says that in the last decade around 3,000 fishermen from other states have settled down around the Ujjani dam and have evicted the locals from plum fishing …
G Saravanan Though they are banned from going out to sea when rockets are tested at the ISRO at Sriharikota, their demands for compensation have not been met MORE than 25,000 traditional fishermen living in 17 different fishing hamlets along the Pazhaverkadu (Pulicat lake) stretch near the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh …
In the coastal community of Chabihau, Yucatan, Mexico, hurricanes Gilbert (1988) and Isidore (2002) opened breaches in the coastal dune. The government modified these breaches with a floodgate, channels, and bridges, allowing tidal influx that has transformed the swamp ecosystem into a coastal lagoon. Our long-term research (1990-2006) has been …
TIRUNELVELI: The Central Government should withdraw its recently introduced Coastal Management Notification as it would badly affect the livelihood and the very existence of the fishermen, the fisherwomen
Yogesh Kabirdoss I ENS Chennai, Despite promises to build a road link to connect the villages with the mainland, they remain cut off When a team of election department officials visited the island they had to take a boat, which on May 13, will be used for transporting election material …
NAGAPATTINAM: Fishermen should keep the fish landing centres and drying yards clean and tidy so that it would enable them to get remunerative price for the catch, said K.Kanimozhi, MP, here on Thursday. Inaugurating a seminar on
Tuticorin: A training programme on fish handling and preservation was inaugurated at shore laboratory of fishing harbour complex on Tuesday by P. Velayutham, Professsor, Department of Fish Processing Technology, Fisheries College and Research Institute (FCRI). During the programme the fisherfolk would be taught important aspects of hygienic handling of fishes …
The Agenda Item of the 28th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on securing sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF), dealt mainly with discussing follow-up to the Global Conference on Securing Small-scale Fisheries, held in Bangkok from 13 to 17 …
Anthropogenic global warming has significantly influenced physical and biological processes at global and regional scales. The observed and anticipated changes in global climate present significant opportunities and challenges for societies and economies. We compare the vulnerability of 132 national economies to potential climate change impacts on their capture fisheries using …
The 2004 calamity marked the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of those who lost their homes, fish boats, and much else. Anticipatory action plans for managing the consequences of seawater intrusion in our coastal areas have become an imperative. The tsunami of December 26, 2004 was a …
