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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 06 May to 10
May 2013.

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*Mizoram: Mizoram state invests in agriculture and fisheries*
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/20142/mizoram-state-invests-in-agriculture-and-fisheries

India - The annual plan for the year 2013-14 for the state of Mizoram has
been finalised with attention given to the agriculture and fisheries
sectors. The plan size has been agreed at Rs.2500 crore. So far the state
has performed well with progress made in agriculture. It was pointed-out
that irrigation coverage of net sown areas is found to be very low, which
needs to be accelerated...
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Manipur: Loktak Issue: Projects versus rights in Manipur*
http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.Press_Release.Press_Release_2013.Loktak_Issue_Projects_versus_rights_in_Manipur_20130504

A delegation of All Manipur Thanga people’s Welfare Association and All
Loktak Lake Areas Fishermen’s Union Manipur appeared before the National
Human Rights Commission in New Delhi on 29 April 2013. They appealed to
intervene to defend their rights to fishing and livelihood on Phumdis in
the Loktak Lake...

*Uttar Pradesh: Sands of time*
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/sands-of-time/article4692898.ece

For lakhs of them, spread across the banks of the Yamuna from Chitrakoot to
the Sangam in Allahabad, life depends largely on boating, fishing and sand
mining, with little farming during summer. However, as quoted above by the
Allahabad High Court in 2008, their traditional living has been compromised
by the extorting means of the sand mafia...
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West Bengal: BSF repatriates Bangladeshi fisherman*
http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/2013/newsDetails060513u.php

Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday said its patrolling
party of BOP Shamshernagar on Saturday apprehended one Bangladeshi
fisherman when he entered Indian territory while fishing. The apprehended
Bangladeshi fisherman was brought to BOP Shamshernagar for preliminary
questioning...
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Andhra Pradesh: Freshwater aquaculture committee to clear pending
applications*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/freshwater-aquaculture-committee-to-clear-pending-applications/article4694468.ece

The District Level Committee on freshwater aquaculture headed by Collector
Buddha Prakash M Jyothi on Tuesday reviewed the process of regularising
aqua ponds and receiving of applications from interested farmers to launch
fresh water aquaculture. Mr. Buddha Prakash said that revenue officials
should clear all the applications in order to speed up the process of
sanctioning licence for new ponds...

*Tamil Nadu: Island tourism in the offing off Tuticorin*
http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=8&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOICH&mydateHid=06-05-2013&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Chennai&edname=&articleid=Ar00800&publabel=TOI

Tired of simply watching the waves Get ready for a trip to an uninhabited
island in the Gulf of Mannar,off Tuticorin coast. The Tuticorin port
authorities have mooted an idea of island tourism from the southern coast
of Tamil Nadu .Tourists would be taken on a trip to an island off Tuticorin
coast. This would be an entirely new experience for tourists, said port
chairman S Natarajan. The island tourism is part of a 304-crore project to
set up an entertainment zone...

*Tamil Nadu: Indian fishermen oppose the cruel practice of shark 'finning'*
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/flora-fauna/indian-fishermen-oppose-the-cruel-practice-of-shark-finning/articleshow/19973132.cms

Mumbai: The Association of Deep Sea Going Artisanal Fishermen (DSGAF) has
urged the union ministry of environment and forests to take action against
the cruel practice of 'shark finning' done by poachers and foreign
trawlers. Supporting the policy of 'fins naturally attached' of Humane
Society International (HSI), the fishermen will campaign against this
cruelty to sharks...

*Pucherry: DYFI wants fish market to be opened*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/dyfi-wants-fish-market-to-be-opened/article4688142.ece

The Democratic Youth Federation of India on Sunday organised a protest to
demand the opening of a fish market on Gingee Salai. The protesters
gathered on Gingee Salai in the morning and started solicited funds from
the public. They were only able to collect from three or four people,
however, before they were removed from the spot by the police...

*Kerala: Kerala to spend Rs.6 crore on education of fisherfolk's children *
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/kerala-to-spend-rs-6-crore-on-education-of-fisherfolk-s-children-113050700831_1.html

The Kerala government Tuesday extended a helping hand to the children of
the fisherfolk by earmarking Rs.6 crore towards meeting their educational
needs. "With this, the total allocation that has been made to the children
for their educational needs has gone up to Rs.12 crore," said State
Fisheries Minister K. Babu in a statement issued here...

*Goa:  Government has formed a scheme providing compensation of Rs 10,000
for the trawler owner and Rs 20,000 for the outboat motor canoe operator
during the ban period*
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/goa-govt-may-rethink-on-prolonged-fishing-ban-period-minister-113050300362_1.html

The Goa government may reconsider its decision of imposing 75-day-long
fishing ban in the state from this year onwards, after fishing associations
objected to such a long shutout period. A meeting has been called by Chief
Minister Manohar Parrikar during the third week of May to decide on this
issue, State Fisheries Minister Avertano Furtado told PTI today...

*Gujarat: Humiliation a daily torture for Indian prisoners in Pakistan jails
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Ahmedabad/Humiliation-a-daily-torture-for-Indian-prisoners-in-Pakistan-jails/articleshow/19876482.cms

Ahmedabad: If an Indian wants something as simple as soap for bathing in a
Pakistani prison, he has to wash the undergarments of Pakistani inmates.
And this is just one of many humiliations meted out to Indians behind bars
across the border...
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Sri Lanka: National fisheries safety plan launched*
http://www.dailynews.lk/2013/05/10/news04.asp

Sri Lanka yesterday launched a National Plan for the Safety of fishermen
and fishing vessels at sea, under the patronage of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne. The Fisheries
Department formulated this National Plan with the technical and financial
assistance granted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) executed
Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia
(RFLP)which is funded by Spain...
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Sri Lanka: Wheels move to double fish exports *
http://www.dailynews.lk/2013/05/09/news02.asp

Sri Lanka is making arrangements to boost deep sea fishing and double fish
exports including tuna within the next two and half years with the help of
new vessels from Japan and China, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said...

*Pakistan: Pakistan fishermen hold poll rally — at sea*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/pak-fishermen-hold-poll-rally-at-sea/article4685615.ece

Wearing life jackets and bobbing on the gentle waves of the Arabian Sea,
supporters of a candidate in Pakistan’s upcoming nationwide election held a
waterborne rally to highlight the challenges faced by their embattled
fishing community. Backers of independent political candidate Haji Usman
Ghani took to the water on Friday on a flotilla of fishing boats...*

Bangladesh: UK dives in to save the hilsa*
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/index.php?ref=MjBfMDVfMDZfMTNfMV85MF8xNjg1NTU

Britain's Darwin Initiative has given the International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED), a UK-based independent policy research
institute, a £208,315 (approximately Taka 25.40 million) grant to find ways
of protecting hilsa from the threat of overfishing, according to a report
of The Times of India that was posted on the website...

*Maldives: Maldives included in United Nations’ US$2 million anti-piracy
project*
http://minivannews.com/politics/maldives-included-in-united-nations-us2-million-anti-piracy-project-57478

United Nations Trust Fund for the Fight against Piracy has approved a US$2
million package of projects for affected nations, including the Maldives.
The aim of the five projects, approved April 30, is to ensure ongoing
piracy trials are conducted in a fair and efficient manner and that the
human rights, health and safety of individuals suspected of piracy are
protected...

*Myanmar: 8 Myanmar fishermen killed in fight in Medan*
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/04/05/8-myanmar-fishermen-killed-fight-medan.html

Eight people died in a fight between detainees and illegal immigrants from
Myanmar in an immigration detention center in Medan, South Sumatra, early
Friday. The fight reportedly broke out after one of the Myanmarese was
sexually harassed. The bodies of the victims, Aung Thu Win, Aung Than,
Min-Min, Win Tun, Nawe, Aye, Myo and Sam iwin, have been taken to Pirngadi
Hospital for autopsies...


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