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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 25 March to
29 March 2013.

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Lakshadweep: 'Sex-on-the-reef' along Lakshadweep Islands and Corals are in
a healthy state *
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sex-on-the-reef-along-lakshadweep-islands-113032600377_1.html

A rare and curious phenomenon, coral spawning, popularly referred to as
"sex-on-the-reef", has been recorded scientifically for the first time
along Lakshadweep islands on India's west coast, a Wildlife Trust of India
(WTI) researcher has claimed. Generally observed after full-moon nights,
coral spawning is a magnificent phenomenon of sexual reproduction of
corals, which involves mass collective expulsion of colourful eggs and
sperm clouds into the water by corals...

*Odisha: 10,113 fishermen families identified for RORC *
http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article1514977.ece

Over 10,000 families of fishing community in four coastal districts have
been identified to be covered under the Rice for Olive Ridley Conservation
(RORC) scheme. Each of these families will be provided with 25 kgs of rice
at ` one per kg every month and a special card will be issued to avail this
provision under the scheme...

*Andhra Pradesh: Fishermen seek implementation of Murari panel report*
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/fishermen-seek-implementation-of-murari-panel-report/article4554454.ece

Visakhapatnam, March 27: The Union Government should implement the Murari
Commission report and protect the livelihood of fishermen who are getting
marginalised as the Government is allocating vast stretches of coastal
lands to special economic zones, ports and industries, according to P.
Raja, General-Secretary of the All-India Fish Workers' Federation, and M.
Appadurai, President...

*Tamil Nadu: Fish prices soar as boats forced to travel far for catch*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Fish-prices-soar-as-boats-forced-to-travel-far-for-catch/articleshow/19251168.cms

Chennai: Fish prices in the city have increased by nearly 25% after a
severe drop in the average catch in local waters. Fishermen and experts say
the seas off the Chennai coast have been plundered by large trawlers,
leading to depletion in stocks of all varieties of fish, especially
commercial species, in traditional fishing grounds...

*Tamil Nadu: 2 German sailors detained in India after ship collision kills
Indian fisherman *
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/German+sailors+detained+India+after+ship+collision+kills/8158263/story.html

Berlin - Germany says two of its citizens were temporarily detained in
India after their ship was allegedly involved in a fatal collision with a
local fishing boat. The Foreign Ministry says the two German seamen have
been released on bail in the port of Chennai while Indian authorities
investigate the incident in which one fisherman reportedly died...

*Kerala: Special Court judge named to try marines in Delhi*
http://newindianexpress.com/nation/article1517261.ece

The Delhi High Court on Monday designated Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
(CMM) of Patiala House Court, Amit Bansal, to  conduct the trial of the two
Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the coast of
Kerala in February 2012...
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Karnataka: Karwar men detain and let off Udupi fishermen *
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Karwar-men-detain-and-let-off-Udupi-fishermen/articleshow/19179644.cms

Udupi/Karwar: Internal rift between fishermen from Udupi and Uttara Kannada
districts regarding fishing in waters off the Karwar coast has led to the
detention of Udupi fishermen at Karwar on Friday. Fishermen from Karwar
protested in Majali fisheries port area detaining three boats from Malpe
alleging that despite the government ban on use of more than 350 horse
power capacity engines in boats, fishermen from Udupi district were using
it...

*Goa: 'Motorized canoes too should not be allowed during ban'*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Motorized-canoes-too-should-not-be-allowed-during-ban/articleshow/19250812.cms

Panaji: Fisheries cooperatives, while generally welcoming the proposed
increase in the fishing ban period, to be implemented for the forthcoming
monsoon, demanded that the ban be applied uniformly and no motorized canoes
should be allowed to fish...

*Maharashtra: Panel to check coastal pollution, if catch edible*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Panel-to-check-coastal-pollution-if-catch-edible/articleshow/19207707.cms

Mumbai: Acknowledging the rise in pollution of coastal waters that is
affecting marine life and fishing, the state government on Monday appointed
a high-level committee to check the problem and take preventive measures.
Fisheries minister Madhukar Chavan informed the legislative council that
the committee, which will comprise representatives from the state pollution
control board, revenue department, fisheries department and Maharashtra
Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), will meet once in three months
to review the pollution...

*India: Boats without light vulnerable to collisions: Coast Guard commander*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/boats-without-light-vulnerable-to-collisions-coast-guard-commander/article4556649.ece

Unlit fishing boats are vulnerable to collision at sea in the dark,
particularly when they are stranded due to engine failures,
Inspector-General of Coast Guard (Region East) Commander Satya Prakash
Sharma said on Wednesday. Pointing out that fibreglass boats often went
under radar surveillance, he said if it was realised at the last minute
that something was in the way, large ships would not be able to stop or
alter their course...

*India: To make census data available online *
http://data.gov.in/adya

Please publish Marine Fisheries Census, for the years 2005 and 2010,
carried out by the Fishery Survey of India (FSI) and Central Marine
Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), in CSV/XLS format, urged Sudarshan
Rodriguez, Senior Programme Coorindator of Coastal Area Mapping Project of
Tata Institute of Social Sciences.  Also please publish geographic
information (lat-long, boundary) of fishing villages in CSV/KML formats.

*Sri Lanka: CJM orders release of five Sri Lankan fishermen*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/cjm-orders-release-of-five-sri-lankan-fishermen/article4553082.ece

The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court here has ordered the immediate
release of five Sri Lankan fishermen, who were arrested on March 17 for
fishing in Indian waters after the State government withdrew the cases
against them, sending a goodwill message to Sri Lankan authorities...

*Pakistan: PFF calls for release of Pakistan, Indian fishermen*
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/karachi/26-Mar-2013/pff-calls-for-release-of-pak-indian-fishermen

Karachi – Pakistani fishermen organisations activists and Indian human
right activist and journalist have demanded the Pakistan and Indian
governments release all the fishermen jailed in both countries. Mohammad
Ali Shah, chairperson of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), Jatin Desai,
senior journalist from Mumbai, India and Karamat Ali, Executive Director,
Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) while
addressing a joint press conference at the Press Club on Monday said the
arrest of Pakistani and Indian fishermen had intensified in the recent
months after violations at the Line of Control (LOC)...

*Myanmar: Thailand Rescues Trafficked Burmese Fishermen *
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/30462

A total of 14 Burmese nationals who had been trafficked into Thailand’s
fishing industry were rescued by the Thai authorities on Friday and
Saturday of last week, bringing to 29 the total of those rescued so far
this month. According to sources in Kantang, a port town in southern
Thailand’s Trang Province, 11 people were rescued on Friday, while three
others were taken into custody on Saturday. Fifteen other Burmese were
freed following a raid on March 10...

*Bangladesh: Helping Bangladesh battle an epidemic of rickets *
http://www.commonsnews.org/site/site05/story.php?articleno=7230&page=1#.UVUlfzdXxkg

What will it take to aid the young people affected, and prevent new cases
from emerging? More than half a million children in Bangladesh are
suffering from a crippling form of malnutrition linked to a man-made
environmental disaster. In severe cases, their legs buckle at the knees or
bow out because mineral-deficient soft bones cannot support their growing
bodies when they stand up and walk...

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