[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 03 June to 07 June 2013

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*Gujarat: Stranded Indian fishermen on way home from Muscat*
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/stranded-indian-fishermen-on-way-home-from-muscat-1.1191708

Muscat: Six Indian expatriate fishermen, who were stranded here following a
pay dispute with their sponsor, were due to leave Muscat tonight after
their sponsor agreed to let them go. The six had run away from Masirah
Island, about 445km east of Muscat, and sought help from the Indian Embassy
to return home...

*Maharashtra: Locals ask bankers not to finance Jaitapur*
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/locals-ask-bankers-not-to-finance-jaitapur/1124769/

Alleging the Nuclear Power Corporation of India is distorting facts and
concealing information about the proposed Jaitapur project, local fishermen
and farmers have written to French and European bankers, asking them not to
finance it...

*Goa: Panaji municipal market set for 'filthy' season*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Panaji-municipal-market-set-for-filthy-season/articleshow/20419928.cms

Panaji: Fish and meat vendors in the Panaji municipal market are dreading
the monsoon expected to hit the state this week. Even as business dwindles
during the rains and the two-month long fishing ban, they worry that
customers will be driven away by the filthy existing conditions-overflowing
septic tanks, accumulated garbage and vermin infestations-that only get
worse in the rains...
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Kerala: Fishing boats deny landing rights*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/fishing-boats-deny-landing-rights/article4775959.ece

Protests by fisherfolk inside the waterdrome forced authorities to send
back the inaugural seaplane flight without landing on Punnamada Lake on
Sunday. The seaplane launched from Ashtamudi Lake on Sunday afternoon did
not fly to Alappuzha because of the protest by members of the fisheries
coordination committee who had occupied the waterdrome near the SAI Sports
Centre on the lake...
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Tamil Nadu: TN fishermen arrested by Navy*
http://colombogazette.com/2013/06/05/tn-fishermen-arrested-by-navy/

The Navy says it arrested 49 Indian fishermen when they entered Sri Lankan
waters illegally on Wednesday. Navy spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya said
that 24 fishermen were arrested off Mannar while 25 others were arrested
off Jaffna. At least 10 boats had also been seized, the navy spokesman told
the Colombo Gazette...

*Andhra Pradseh: Registration delay keeps trawlers off fishing in AP*
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/registration-delay-keeps-trawlers-off-fishing-in-ap/article4775525.ece

The State fisheries department’s delay in issuing biometric cards and
online registrations has resulted in some trawlers idling at the harbour.
Fishing resumed on Saturday, after the completion of the 45-day mandatory
conservation period. According to industry sources, the procedural delay by
the State Fisheries Department is hampering fishing...
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Andhra Pradesh: Pacific variety helps double shrimp exports*
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/pacific-variety-helps-double-shrimp-exports/article4788227.ece

Vannamei has had a big impact on seafood business, for farmers and
exporters. Exports of Vannamei variety of shrimps, farmed in Andhra Pradesh
and Odisha, in value terms were $730 million during 2012-13 against $385
million in the previous year. India exported a record 91,000 tonnes of
Vannamei shrimps (40,787 tonnes during 2011-12), helping total seafood
exports increase 5 per cent in quantity and 12 per cent in earnings...

*Odisha: Fishing harbour wallows in neglect*
http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Fishing-harbour-wallows-in-neglect/2013/06/06/article1621858.ece

Paradip fishing harbour, Odisha’s largest fishing harbour that caters to
thousands of traditional marine fishermen, is today lying in a state of
neglect. Everyday, about 700 deep-sea trawlers besides over 2000 medium
capacity fishing vessels begin their seaward venture from this busy
harbour...

*West Bengal: State wetlands policy no closer to reality*
http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=459645&catid=42

Kolkata: While the state government has organised various programmes today
to celebrate World Environment Day, it has completely forgotten that West
Bengal wetlands and waterbodies conservation policy is gathering dust.
Without any concrete policy, there is rampant filling up of  water bodies
in Kolkata and its suburbs...
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India: US raises import duties on warm-water shrimp*
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/20388/us-raises-import-duties-on-warmwater-shrimp

Global - The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has imposed anti-dumping
import duties on frozen warm-water shrimp from India, Malaysia, China,
Thailand, Viet Nam, Ecuador and Indonesia, due to fears that subsidised low
price imports are harming the local industry...

*India:  Trawling ban: Government nixes panel report*
http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Trawling-ban-Government-nixes-panel-report/2013/05/31/article1613579.ece

The State Government will not implement the recommendation of the expert
committee to extend the period of the trawling ban from 47 days to 75 days,
this year. Fisheries Minister K Babu said that the conventional trawl ban
would be carried out this year which would begin from June 14 midnight...

*Myanmar: Can Myanmar fisheries compete with Thailand and Vietnam?*
http://www.mizzima.com/business/investment/9231-can-myanmar-fisheries-compete-with-thailand-and-vietnam

Fishery factories in Myanmar will have to compete with experienced
competitors in Thailand and Vietnam if they aim to conduct successful CMP
(cutting, manufacturing, packaging) operations, say industry experts.
Domestic fisheries firms will also be obliged to improve the state of their
factories and machinery, and their technological and transportation systems
if they are to be competitive, they said...

*Bangladesh: Addressing the challenges of natural calamities*
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/index.php?ref=MjBfMDZfMDJfMTNfMV82XzE3MTQxNg==

After cyclone Mahasen hit the coastline of Bangladesh, there was a trail of
devastations to human lives, their homesteads and standing crops. Though
human casualties were not very high, yet losses to house-holds and crops
were colossal. Crops worth billions of taka were destroyed due to impact of
the cyclone...
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Pakistan: 61-day fishing ban, hard times for fishermen*
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\06\03\story_3-6-2013_pg12_1

Karachi: Scrap dealers and shopkeepers selling used electronic appliances
are arriving at city’s historical fishermen settlement Ibrahim Hyderi to
buy used item on low rate as the official ban on fishing started from June
1. During the 61-day long official ban on catch of shrimp and some fish
species, the poorest fishermen of the colony will start selling their
precious electronic items to these shopkeepers to make both ends meet...

*Tamil Nadu: A 1000 km protection wall along the entire Tamil Nadu coast*

Translated by ICSF a news article from Dinakaran dated 29 May 2013.

Chennai. May 29: The Tamil Nadu goverment has ordered the construction of a
wall to protect the coast from erosion, starting from Chennai and ending in
Kanyakumari – a distance of 1000 km. The government has ordered a wall to
be built, that can withstand the eroding power of the waves. The wall will
be constructed in 3 layers – core, armory and side slope. The wall will be
2 m high; the height will vary according to the area. Tamil Nadu has 13
coastal districts with a coastline of 1076 km. The entire length of the
coastline will be protected by the wall. In areas lacking the sand for
construction, rocks shall be used. The first phase of the project will
begin in Chennai’s Ennore and Nettukuppam since they have areas where
houses have been affected by coastal erosion. Orders have been issued to
the concerned departments.

The first section will cost Rs 7.15 crores, the 2nd Rs 4.74 crores, the
third Rs 8.62 crores and the fourth Rs 4.8 crores. Areas with harbours are
already protected and therefore walls will not be built there. Similarly,
the Marina and Besant Nagar beaches, Protected areas like Mahabalipuram
beach, areas which are under archaeological control, areas with a calm sea
will not have protection walls. The wall will be built in areas with
habitation, shops, and where many fishing boats are parked. The project is
being rapidly implemented by the public works department and the water
resources department.


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