[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 29 April to 03 May 2013

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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 29 April to
03 May 2013.

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*Odisha:  Industrialisation drive damaged traditional occupation in POSCO
area *
http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=22065

Report by Pradeep Baisakh, Bhubaneswar: As the district administration
completed the third phase of land acquisition in Gobindpur village under
Dhinkia Panchayat for the proposed POSCO steel and power plant, the fisher
men and women of the area remember how IOCL also damaged their traditional
occupation of fishing in their area under Kujang tehsil of Jagatsingpur
district...

*Andhra Pradesh: Boats anchored, fisherfolk trade in dry fish *
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Boats-anchored-fisherfolk-trade-in-dry-fish/articleshow/19793384.cms

Visakhapatnam: With the 45-day ban on sea fishing imposed by the government
of India kicking in on April 15, Vizag fisherfolk have devised the perfect
alternative to tide over it - trading in dry fish. Nearly 7,000 fisherfolk
from 63 coastal villages in the district generate revenues of Rs 1.5 to 2
crore per annum by preparing nearly 8,000 to 10,000 tonnes of dry fish for
trading in the ban period...

*Tamil Nadu: Three nearly drown as ship hits fishing boat *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/three-nearly-drown-as-ship-hits-fishing-boat/article4677629.ece

Incident, second in 2 months, leaves fishermen shell-shocked; equipment
lost; complaint registered. Historically, the one phenomenon fishermen have
always dreaded has been cyclones. Of late though, natural disasters have
been eclipsed by man-made ones...
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Tamil Nadu: Village’s sole fisherwoman battles odds, casts around for
livelihood*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/villages-sole-fisherwoman-battles-odds-casts-around-for-livelihood/article4671106.ece

“It is a large lake. Nobody will come to your help if something goes wrong.
You have to take care of yourself. This was the lesson my brother taught me
20 years ago when I first learnt to fish,” says S. Mahadevi, the lone
fisherwoman of Nathampet in Kancheepuram. Living on the bank of the
Nathampet lake, the 35-year-old opted to fish rather than just sell fish on
the streets like other women in her village...
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Pondicherry: Fishing for space, they finally get it *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/fishing-for-space-they-finally-get-it/article4654960.ece

Fisheries Department gets its own building at the Thengathittu Harbour.
Since 1954, the Fisheries Department has not had a building on its own and
they have been operating out of a small office in the Botanical Gardens.
Now, as of Thursday afternoon, the department has its own building at the
Thengathittu Harbour...

*Kerala: MHA allows NIA to go soft on Italian marines, tells not to invoke
death penalty *
http://www.niticentral.com/2013/04/29/mha-allows-nia-to-go-soft-on-italian-marines-tells-not-to-invoke-death-penalty-71309.html

The Home Ministry on Sunday allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA)
to probe the killing of two Indian fishermen in which two Italian marines
are accused without invoking the law that provides for capital punishment.
Amid concerns by Italy on the possibility of death penalty being imposed on
the two marines, the Ministry of Home Affairs has amended its order that
transferred the case to the NIA allowing its probe under IPC and CrPC
sections without restricting itself to the NIA Act...
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Kerala: Fishermen bodies plan ‘jalayatra’ ahead of agitation *
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Fishermen-bodies-plan-%E2%80%98jalayatra%E2%80%99-ahead-of-agitation/2013/04/26/article1562344.ece

The Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) and National
Fishworkers Forum (NFF) have decided to launch mass agitations against the
anti-fishermen policies of the State Government. As part of the protest,
they will organise a ‘proclamation rally’ -jalayatra - from May 2 ahead of
the agitations, KSMTF state president P P John and NFF national secretary T
Peter said...
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Karnataka: Karwar fish market cries for attention*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/karwar-fish-market-cries-for-attention/article4675331.ece

Modernisation of the fish market here has not found favour with the
candidates fighting the Assembly elections, if one goes by its condition
now. People can walk into this market in the heart of the town only after
covering their noses with kerchiefs to ward off the foul smell emanating
from the rotting waste...

*Karnataka: It’s an uncertain existence for these fishermen in Karwar*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/its-an-uncertain-existence-for-these-fishermen-in-karwar/article4679203.ece

For the last month, many of them have not been catching any fish. Sanjeev
T. Hergekar, a fisherman from Baitakol in Karwar, always dreamt of sending
his three children to English-medium schools. But owing to financial
constraints, he has been able to send only one child to school.
Unfortunately, his school-going daughter has suffered paralysis...

*Goa: Dead fishermen's kin to get Rs 2L as damages*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-01/goa/38956915_1_goa-shipyard-indian-coast-guard-manohar-parrikar

Porvorim: The Goa government will give 2 lakh to the kin of each of the six
deceased crew members of the ill-fated Goan trawler 'Sea Messiah' that was
struck by a Coast Guard ship 'Vaibhav 32' in midsea before dawn on April
25, chief minister Manohar Parrikar told the Goa legislative assembly on
Tuesday...

*Maharashtra: NGOs want a new state body to check destruction of wetlands *
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/NGOs-want-a-new-state-body-to-check-destruction-of-wetlands/Article1-1052485.aspx

Citing government failure to protect precious wetland ecosystems in the
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) from illegal reclamation and dumping,
three NGO’s and citizens filed a public interest litigation, which asks for
setting up of a state body to check destruction of wetlands, in Bombay high
court (HC) on Monday...
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Gujarat: Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms: MoEF
committee report*
http://www.cseindia.org/node/4925

Report provides incontrovertible evidence of destruction of mangroves,
blocking of creeks and non-compliance of other clearance conditions.
Committee recommends effective deterrence through creation of Environment
Restoration Fund of Rs 200 crore or 1 per cent of total investment,
whichever is higher. Recommends reform of Coastal Zone Regulations and
monitoring systems...
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**Note: Report of the committee for inspection of M/s Adani Port & SEZ Ltd.
Mundra, Gujarat can be accessed at:
http://www.moef.nic.in/assets/adani-report-290413.pdf*
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Gujarat: Worries over 270 Indians in Pak jail*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Worries-over-270-Indians-in-Pak-jail/articleshow/19851193.cms

New Delhi: Sarabjit Singh's death following a brutal assault in a Pakistani
jail has raised concerns over the safety of 270 Indian prisoners -
including 215 fishermen — who are lodged in different prisons there.  Only
33 of the Indian prisoners have so far been given consular access, leaving
authorities here in the dark about the others...
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India: Vendors welcome clearance of Bill*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/vendors-welcome-clearance-of-bill/article4675927.ece

Smiles and cheers prevailed among the street vendors’ representatives at
the “Convention on Street Vendors Dialogue with Political Leaders”, as the
news about Union Cabinet clearing the Street Vendors (Protection of
Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, spread on Wednesday...

*Sri Lanka: EU to decide on IUU fishing in June *
http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/28770-eu-to-decide-on-iuu-fishing-in-june.html

The European Parliament will decide on June 26 whether to impose sanctions
on export of fish from Sri Lanka over the allegation of illegal,
unregulated and unreported fishing (IUU) by Sri Lankan fishermen in
international waters, officials said yesterday. However, Sri Lanka’s
Fisheries Ministry which made submissions to the EU representatives last
week in Brussels expects a positive outcome on the basis that a number of
steps had been taken to contain IUU fishing...

*Myanmar: Boat attacked by illegal fishermen *
http://mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/6612-boat-attacked-by-illegal-fishermen.html

A motorboat carrying a government official was attacked by knife-wielding
fishermen earlier this month during a search for illegal battery fishing
operations on the Ayeyarwady River, police say. The deputy head of the
Department of Fisheries in Sagaing township, U Myint Lwin, and one
fisheries licence holder were travelling on the boat when they were
attacked by about 20 people on five vessels near Htauk Kyit village in
Sagaing Region on April 22...


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