[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 14 January to 18 January 2013

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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 14 January to
18 January 2013.

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Odisha: 62 fishermen held *
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/13/107--62-held-for-fishing-near-turtle-nesting-site-.html

Bhubaneswar: At least 62 fishermen were arrested for fishing near a turtle
nesting site in Odisha's Kendrapada district, an official said Sunday. The
forest and wildlife department nabbed the men Saturday near the Gahirmatha
marine sanctuary, 170 km from here, Divisional Forest Officer Manoj
Mohapatra told IANS..
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Andhra Pradesh: Centre to help in marketing of fishery products: Raju*
http://www.ptinews.com/news/3295115_Centre-to-help-in-marketing-of-fishery-products--Raju

Union Human Resources Development Minister M M Pallam Raju has saidthe
Centre and Andhra Pradesh state are taking necessary steps to provide
infrastructure facilities formarketing of fishery products...

*Tamil Nadu: Fishermen raze wall built by Chidambaram's family*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-13/india/36311048_1_compound-wall-karikattukuppam-south-indian-fishermen-federation

Residents of Karikattukuppam fishing hamlet near Muttukadu, about 36km from
Chennai, on Saturday pulled down a major portion of the compound wall built
in the village by Union minister P Chidambaram's family members, saying the
land had been encroached upon...

*Kerala: 3 fishermen hurt in boat-ship collision*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/3-fishermen-hurt-in-boat-ship-collision/articleshow/18051834.cms

Three fishermen were injured when their boat collided with a merchant
vessel and sank off the coast of Beypore near Kozhikode on Wednesday
afternoon. The fishermen were rescued by another boat in the vicinity. They
were later transferred to a state coastal police boat, which brought them
ashore. The trio, Rafeeq, Munees and Rafi of Chaliyam, has been admitted to
a hospital in Kozhikode with minor injuries...

*Karnataka: Tamil Fishermen dominate deep sea fishing operations*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-12/mangalore/36296021_1_deep-sea-umesh-karkera-vessels

If the Old Port area resembles a mini Tamil Nadu during deep sea fishing
season, don't be surprised. With Mogaveera community members seeking better
employment opportunities and less risky professions, the multi-day fishing
vessels are dominated by fishermen from other states, especially Tamil
Nadu...

*Goa: Goan coastal police detain Karnataka fishermen*
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_goan-coastal-police-detain-karnataka-fishermen_1789741

You would have heard of fishermen being caught for crossing into the
territorial waters of a neighbouring country by accident. But now a group
of fishermen from Karnataka and 10 boats belonging to them have been
detained by the Coastal Security Police (CSP) of Goa for allegedly crossing
into the state's territorial waters...

*Gujarat: Solar fishing trawler launched in Gujarat*
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/solar-fishing-trawler-launched-in-gujarat/article4306696.ece

Fishing could become more environment-friendly and commercially viable with
the introduction of a fishing trawler that runs on solar energy. “I began
using the solar fishing boat last month. It is functioning well and
delivering good results”, Asghar Saiyed who hails from Mangrol taluka in
Gujarat’s Junagadh district said. Saiyed is the owner of the solar boat
developed by two private companies...

*India: Department related parliamentary standing committee on commerce
invites suggestions of Public on India's Engagement with Free Trade
Agreements (FTAS): Challenges and opportunities*
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91372

The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, headed
by Shri Shanta Kumar, M.P., Rajya Sabha has taken up the subject of "
India's Engagement with Free Trade Agreements (FTAs): Challenges and
Opportunities" for examination and report to the Parliament...
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India: Rescue stranded fishermen: PM urged*
http://www.netindia123.com/netindia/showdetails.asp?id=2138747&n_date=20130116&cat=India

The National Fish Workers Forum (NFWF) today urged the intervention of
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to rescue 29 Indian fishermen stranded in
iran sea waters without any basic amenities. NFWF General Secretary
M.Illango, in a letter to the Prime Minister pointed out that 29 fishermen
hailing from Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu working in Quatar were
arrested by the Iran coast guard as they unknowingly strayed into Iran's
territorial waters with their fishing boat on October 11...

*India: National Fishworkers' Forums' press release*
http://www.frontierweekly.com/reports/jan-13/7-1-13-National%20Fishworkers%20Forum.html

The General Body Meeting of National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) was held in
Puducherry from 6th to 8th December 2012. Delegates from all the 10 coastal
states of Indian participated in the meeting. The meeting elected a new
Chairperson of NFF in the person of Mr. Rambhau Patil and a new General
Secretary of NFF in the person of Mr. M. Ilango. ..

*Pakistan: Fish exports falling on post-harvest losses: experts *
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-3-154134-Fish-exports-falling-on-post-harvest-losses-experts

The fisheries resources are depleting in Pakistan at high rate as compared
to other coastal countries, and if immediate measures are not taken to
address the sector’s issues the economic loss will be irreparable. These
were the observations of sector’s stakeholders in a workshop titled “Tuna
handling, catch documentation, traceability and quality assessment”...

*Bangladesh and India: Mangrove forests threatened by Climate Change in the
Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh*
http://climateimc.org/en/original-news/2013/01/16/mangrove-forests-threatened-climate-change-sundarbans-bangladesh-and-india

A new study has found the Sundarban coast retreating up to 200 metres in a
single year due to rapidly deteriorating health of the world's largest
Mangrove forest in the Sundarbans, the Ganges delta region of India and
Bangladesh. Zoological Society of London (ZSL) researcher Dr Nathalie
Pettorelli, senior author of the paper says: "Our results indicate a
rapidly retreating coastline that cannot be accounted for by the regular
dynamics of the Sundarbans...


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