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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 11 February
to 15 February 2013.

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Assam: Shifting of wholesale fish market ordered*
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb1213/city05

Guwahati, Feb 11 – The Kamrup (M) district administration has ordered
immediate shifting of the wholesale fish market located within the notified
land of Borsola Beel to the newly-proposed land in village Saukuchi under
Beltola mouza of Dispur revenue circle...

*West Bengal: The right bait to catch Hilsa   *
http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/surinder-sud-the-right-bait-to-catch-hilsa-113021101361_1.html

Hilsa, one of the most sought-after fish, is gradually going beyond reach
for the common man because of its dwindling supplies and escalating costs.
The indiscriminate exploitation of Hilsa resources – not sparing even the
juveniles – and the destruction of its habitats in rivers and coastal
waters are among the main reasons for the depletion of the fish stocks,
resulting in smaller catches...

*Odisha: Ecosystem health report card for Chilika Lake launched*
http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=19597

Report by India Education bureau, Bhubaneswar: Chilika Development
Authority, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with National Centre for
Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment and
Forests, Government of India organized an in International Workshop to
develop a scientifically robust “Ecosystem Health Report Card for Chilika
Lake” to assess the health of the Chilika lake and suggest possible
management response...

*Andhra Pradesh: Rising fish prices in Vizag leave a bitter taste*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/rising-fish-prices-in-vizag-leave-a-bitter-taste/article4414100.ece

The rise is attributed to falling catch in the sea and the Godavari due to
pollution. Steep increase in the prices of various types of fish in the
city has left a bitter taste among those who prefer it for its taste, Omega
3 fatty acids and other healthy ingredients. Whether it is MVP Colony,
Seethammadhara, Chinawaltair, Asilametta or Thatichetlapalem fish bazaar,
the prices have gone up abnormally in the past few weeks...
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Tamil Nadu: Soon, review of coastal zones*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/soon-review-of-coastal-zones/article4412171.ece

The Chennai Corporation and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
(CMDA) on Wednesday decided to commence work on identifying authorised and
unauthorised buildings in Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas. On
completion of the study in two months, statutory regulations will be in
place and violations of CRZ norms in localities in the Chennai metropolitan
area will be under the scanner by April...

*Kerala: If convicted, Italian marines can serve jail term at home*
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/if-convicted-italian-marines-can-serve-jail-term-at-home/1072376/

The two Italian marines being tried for the alleged murder of two Kerala
fishermen last year would have the option, if convicted, of serving their
sentence in their home country, thanks to a recent agreement between India
and Italy allowing the repatriation of their nationals lodged in the jails
of the other country...

*Karnataka: Top consumer court backs Karnataka fisherman in insurance claim*

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/25/36--Top-consumer-court-backs-Karnataka-fisherman-in-insurance-claim-.html

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A fishing vessel battles the high seas and fails
to return to land. A few years later, it is made out that the boat had not
sunk but its owner had faked its loss to seek insurance. This argument has
been forwarded by an insurance company's lawyer before India's top consumer
court, which has dumped the alleged fraud theory and asked the company to
compensate the boat's owner Rs.10 lakh...*

Goa: Pernem coastal villages move for 'clean' tag *
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-11/goa/37038828_1_pernem-municipality-sufficient-garbage-vasudev-deshprabhu

Mapusa: The coastal villages of Pernem taluka are eyeing the tag of 'clean
villages' after commissioning of the garbage treatment plant at Pernem. The
village panchayats of Morjim, Mandrem, Agarwada, Arambol and Korgao have
decided to get their garbage treated at the garbage treatment plant of the
Pernem municipality...
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Gujarat: Indian Coast Guard intercepts Pakistan boat with seven fishermen *
http://zeenews.india.com/news/gujarat/indian-coast-guard-intercepts-pak-boat-with-seven-fisherman_828829.html

Jamnagar: Seven Pakistani fishermen were apprehended along with their boat
by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) off Mitha Port, for illegally entering
Indian waters, an official said. "ICG interceptor boat C-401 while on
forward area patrol apprehended one Pakistani fishing boat 'Al-Ramzan',
along with seven crew members," he said. "The boat was apprehended at a
approximately 69 kilometres from Mitha Port, while it was fishing in Indian
waters," he said...

*India; Shrimp production exceeds target, says MPEDA chief*
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/shrimp-production-exceeds-target-says-mpeda-chief/article4390034.ece

The three-day Aqua Aquaria India 2013, being organised by the Marine
Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), begins here on Friday at the
Loyala College grounds. The expo will be inaugurated by Chief Miister N.
Kiran Kumar Reddy. Union Minister of State for Commerce D. Purandeswari
will be the chief guest, according to MPEDA Chairperson Leena Nair...

*India: Seafood exporters oppose Government of India notification on deep
sea fishing*
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/sea-food-exporters-oppose-goi-notification-on-deep-sea-fishing-113020600964_1.html

The Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) has opposed the January
18 notification of the department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and
Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture for operation of deep sea
fishing vessels that asks the Indian entrepreneurs to obtain letter of
permission for fishing in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of India...

*Notifications available at:

New Guidelines for conduct of fishing operation in the Indian Exclusive
Economic Zone
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http://www.dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/Public%20Notice%20deep%20sea%20fishing2013.pdf
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In addition, the entrepreneurs has to abide by the Guidelines prescribed
for operation of deep-sea fishing vessels in the Indian EEZ, dated 18th
January, 2013 and provide the undertakings,  as required.*
http://www.dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/New%20Guidelines%20deep%20sea%20fishing%202013.pdf

*India: Indian fisherman feel little pride in nuclear achievements (Film)*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VBl87gNijj8

French president Francois Hollande is on a trip to India, where he is
expected to finalise a deal to build more nuclear power stations. But the
former fishermen who lived near India's first nuclear plant, in Tarapur,
built in 1969, say it cost them...

*Sri Lanka: Indian trawlers hurt northern Sri Lanka livelihoods*
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97426/Indian-trawlers-hurt-northern-Sri-Lanka-livelihoods

Jaffna - Indian trawlers are taking their toll on northern Sri Lanka's
fishing sector which is struggling to recover almost four years after a
decades-long civil war. "Since the conclusion of the civil war, Indian
trawlers have been coming in closer and closer," Maarten Bavinck, director
at the Amsterdam-based Centre for Maritime Research, told IRIN, noting that
over half of the 5,000 trawlers based in southern India are completely or
seasonally dependent on Sri Lankan waters...

*Pakistan: Trout Trump the Taliban    *
http://www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_960/trout-trump-taliban

The rivers in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province were
once thick with trout. Spanning hundreds of kilometres, these water bodies
played host to the exotic fish, first introduced by the British in the
early 1900s, which eventually became a staple in the diets and livelihoods
of the province’s 20 million residents...
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Myanmar: Myanmar fishing towns to get net factories*
http://www.mizzima.com/business/8871-myanmar-fishing-towns-to-get-net-factories.html

Authorities will allow companies to build fishing net factories in areas
with developed fishing business, according to the notification No. 1/2013
released by the Myanmar Investment Commission...


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