[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 24 December to 28 December 2012

Lun Dic 31 03:39:02 PST 2012

*International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust

**Documentation Centre

**Weekly News Alert

**24 December – 28 December 2012*

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Dear Subscriber,

Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 24 December
to 28 December 2012.

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Andaman and Nicobar Is.: Bioshields best defence against disasters*
http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/bioshields-best-defence-against-disasters/

In commemoration of the eighth anniversary of the Asian tsunami, Wednesday
was a day of prayer and mourning across the Andaman Nicobar Islands –
located at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea – and
south India’s coastal Tamil Nadu state, two areas that suffered thousands
of casualties on that fateful day...

*West Bengal: In the Sunderbans, women in the dark zone of depression*
http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=8641

Everyday, when Badal, a sturdy, young man in his early 30s returns home at
dusk, he finds his mother, Kamala, sitting placidly in the verandah,
staring into the distance with strangely unseeing eyes. The house,
otherwise, is abuzz with activity. His daughter is bringing in the cows,
his sons are clamouring for some muri (puffed rice) and his sister-in-law
is trying to manage a dozen chores at once...

*Andhra Pradesh: Treat fisheries on a par with farm sector*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-24/visakhapatnam/35992081_1_marine-fisheries-fifi-state-fisheries-department

Expressing anger at the step-motherly treatment meted out to fishefolk by
successive governments both at the Centre and the state, members of the
Federation of Indian Fishery Industries (FIFI) on Sunday demanded that the
fishing industry be dealt on a par with agriculture. They also demanded
that a separate fisheries ministry be immediately formed at the Centre...

*Tamil Nadu: Fishery resources are dwindling, fishermen*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/fishery-resources-are-dwindling-fishermen/article4177397.ece?textsize=large&test=1

Fishermen sought the intervention of authorities to redress their
grievances at a meeting convened here on Friday. Collector Ashish Kumar
said problems faced by fishermen following unconventional method of diving
to collect ‘chanks’ from sea would be brought to the attention of
government for corrective measures...

*Tamil Nadu: Corporation to set up 20 fish markets in Chennai*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-14/chennai/32674535_1_fish-markets-fish-sellers-civic-body

Sea-fish lovers in the city may not have to stand under the sun covering
their noises while shopping for their fish, prawns or lobster. The Chennai
Corporation is planning to set up 20 fish markets across the city, and is
in the process of identifying land for it. The fish markets are expected to
be built with all modern facilities, including layered walls and adequate
storage space...
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Karnataka: Fishing in Lalbagh waters irk walkers*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-23/bangalore/35981910_1_hm-krishnappa-young-fish-lalbagh

It was not a welcome sight for Lalbagh walkers on Saturday morning. They
were shocked to see men loading their vehicles with fresh catch of fish
from the lake in the botanical garden. "We were shocked to see men in
coracles with their nets spread in water. When we questioned them, they
said they are from a rights association and also claimed that they had
taken permission...
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**India: Working of tsunami warning system*
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=89505

The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) is established after the
deadly Tsunami on 26 December, 2004 at Indian National Centre for Ocean
Information Sciences (INCOIS - ESSO), autonomous body under Ministry of
Earth Sciences, located at Hyderabad and is made fully functional to cover
the entire Indian Ocean Region...

*India: Over 130 districts facing land conflicts*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-25/developmental-issues/35999002_1_land-acquisition-common-land-energy-projects

Land conflicts are no more limited to forest areas, neither are they
confined to mining and infrastructure projects. Agri-business like
jatropha, soya and palm; and renewable energy projects like wind power are
likely to fuel massive conflicts over acquisition of 'common land' predicts
a research report on land conflicts released recently...

*Sri Lanka:  Released TN fishermen set to return home*
http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/13986-released-tn-fishermen-set-to-return-home.html

A Sri Lankan court has ordered the release of 27 fishermen who were taken
into custody by the Lankan Navy recently along with their four boats. The
fishermen are expected to leave for India later today and are expected to
be in Tamil Nadu by tomorrow, Indian media reports. According to fisheries
department officials and president of the ‘Innocent Fishermen’s
Association’ U Arulanandam, the court ordered their release...
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Myanmar: Vietnam on board for Burmese fisheries tasks*
http://www.mizzima.com/business/8640-vietnam-on-board-for-burmese-fisheries-tasks.html

The Myanmar Fisheries Federation has announced that local entrepreneurs
will cooperate with Vietnamese investors in the livestock and fisheries
sectors. Burma’s Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries held talks
with a 10-member delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuan
Thu on December 24...

*Pakistan: Streamlining fisheries trade issues*
http://dawn.com/2012/12/25/streamlining-fisheries-trade-issues/

Having failed to persuade the European Union to open seafood exports to
their region, the various fishery departments are at loggerheads for unfair
intrusion into the affairs of each other oblivious of the fact that the
fisheries sector has already greatly suffered at the hands of their
disharmony and lack of coordination and conviction...

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