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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 24 June to 28
June 2013.
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Manipur: Checkposts to examine fish in Manipur soon *
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Checkposts-to-examine-fish-in-Manipur-soon/articleshow/20722405.cms

Manipur fisheries minister Md Abdul Nashir informed the state assembly that
the government will set up two checkposts to examine the condition of
fishes coming to the state from Myanmar and other states of the country.
Fish is a staple food for Manipuris...
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Jharkhand: Gumla expects bumper fish haul this season*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-26/ranchi/40206026_1_spawns-revenue-target-sinha

The government fish farm in Gumla will produce 50-55 crore spawns from its
breeding and hatching pools - the highest in the state - this season. It is
expected to get around nine crore fries from the aforesaid number of spawns
for its own ponds and sale outside the district...

*Uttar Pradesh:  Ganga pollution: 1 month, 1,100 complaints, 3 FIRs  *
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ganga-pollution-1-month-1100-complaints-3-firs/1124585/

Over the last one month, Varanasi police have been flooded with complaints
to lodge FIRs against unnamed people for "polluting Ganga river". After
lodging three FIRs, and receiving over 1,000 complaints, the police have
stopped counting...
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Punjab: Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development officials to donate
one-day salary for Uttarakhand victims *
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/animal-husbandry-fisheries-dairy-development-officials-to-donate-one-day-salary-for-uttarakhand-victims/81632#sthash.eKXwXdlD.dpuf

As a benevolent gesture, the officials of the Punjab Animal Husbandry,
Fisheries and Dairy Development department have decided to contribute their
one day salary for the victims of recent cloud burst and floods in
Uttrakhand that resulted in huge loss of human lives and property...

*Lakshadweep Islands: Indian Coast Guard Ship Aruna rescues fishermen left
stranded by Somali pirates*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Indian-Coast-Guard-Ship-Aruna-rescues-fishermen-left-stranded-by-Somali-pirates-/articleshow/20729913.cms

Close on the heels of Indian Coast Guard Ship Varuna rescuing 22 crew
members, including 18 Maldivians and four Indians on board MV Asian
Express, a Maldivian registered cargo vessel on June 12, this vessel in
Lakshadweep Islands on Sunday saved 16 lives from fishing boat Al husaini
left stranded by pirates...
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Gujarat: Centre, GMB differ over technology for coastal surveillance*
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/centre-gmb-differ-over-technology-for-coastal-surveillance/article4846515.ece

The proposal to enhance maritime security off Gujarat coast seems to have
hit a stumbling block as the Centre and state port regulator have
differences over the technology proposed for improving coastal
surveillance. While the Centre has proposed to install automatic
identification system (AIS) transponders and distress alarm transmitter
system (DATS) in fishing trawlers, the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) wants
satellite-based tracking system...

*Goa: Mapusa fish market yet to see the light of day*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Mapusa-fish-market-yet-to-see-the-light-of-day/articleshow/20805922.cms

Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) has decided to drop its plans to partly open
the new fish market. After failure to meet the deadline it was decided that
a part of the new market building accommodating only fish vendors would be
inaugurated in June...
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Kerala: Fishworkers staged Secretariat Dharna*
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Fishworkers-staged-Secretariat-dharna/2013/06/26/article1653617.ece?service=print

Fishworkers, under the aegis of the Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilali
Federation, staged a dharna in front of the Secretariat on Tuesday raising
various demands. The dharna, which was inaugurated by National Fishworkers
Forum national secretary T Peter, demanded immediate withdrawal of the move
to establish a gas pipeline under the sea from Kochi to Kayankulam...
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Tamil Nadu: 22 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy*
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tamil-nadu-fishermen-arrested-by-sri-lankan-navy/1/252456.html

Twenty two Indian fishermen were on Sunday arrested and their trawlers
seized by Sri Lankan naval personnel for allegedly violating the island
nation's international maritime boundary. The fishermen from Karavaikulam
in Tuticorin in southern Tamil Nadu were fishing in three mechanised boats
and one country boat fitted with outboard motor off Kalpittiya when they
were taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy, fisheries officials said in
Tuticorin...
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Puducherry: Fishing ban in Kerala means boon to Pondicherry*
http://www..
thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/fishing-ban-in-kerala-means-boon-to-puducherry/article4853844.ece

The Thengathittu fishing harbour is abuzz with activity, with a number of
small boats laden with sardine fish being docked. Dozens of people are busy
transporting the sardines in metal and plastic buckets towards the parked
lorries that are carrying ice...

*Andhra Pradesh: Soil erosion brings untold misery to villagers*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/soil-erosion-brings-untold-misery-to-villagers/article4848962.ece?homepage=true

“Every year the sea is taking away our land. Many families have lost their
livelihood due to the nature’s fury. If there is a major cyclone or
calamity, the loss will be severe. We are living under constant fear,” said
villagers of Chinna Gollapalem. The island village, also known as
Pallepalem, is the border village for Krishna and West Godavari districts
and is the last hamlet along the coast in Kruthivennu mandal in Krishna
district...
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Andhra Pradesh: Women to be taught the ropes of fish business*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Women-to-be-taught-the-ropes-of-fish-business/articleshow/20752509.cms

In a bid to uplift the socio-economic conditions of fisherwomen, Action Aid
International is funding a three-year project to train 1,050 women from
eight villages of the district at a cost of Rs 1.3 crore. The project is
aimed at introducing modern techniques and provide basic infrastructure for
fisherwomen to give value addition to fish products...
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Odisha: Job potential for 14,000 in fishery targeted*
http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Job-potential-for-14000-in-fishery-targeted/2013/06/21/article1645522.ece

The State Government has set a target to create employment and
self-employment potential for 14,000 persons in fishery sector during
2013-14 financial year. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday reviewed
the activities of the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development
Department...
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West Bengal: Hilsa from Diamond Harbour, Digha set to swamp WB markets*
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Hilsa-from-Diamond-Harbour-Digha-set-to-swamp-WB-markets/Article1-1082630.aspx

 Though Bangladesh government’s ban on Hilsa exports to India may continue
this year, lovers of the fish need not be disheartened like last year as
fishermen in the state have recorded a good catch in the last three to four
days...

*India: Seafood exports touch an-all-time-high and South East Asia
continued to be the largest buyer of Indian seafood*
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/seafood-exports-touch-an-all-time-high/articleshow/20741618.cms

India's seafood export has touched an all-time high of 9,28,215 tonnes
worth Rs 18,856 crore for 2012-13. This showed 7.68% increase in quantity
and 13.6% rise in value.  However, in dollar terms the total value at $3512
million showed only a marginal growth of 0.1 %. The poor growth in dollar
terms is due to a sharp decline in the unit value of the marine products...
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India: India’s coastline gets boost from 236 million dollar World Bank
disaster funding*
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/06/24/indias-coastline-funding/

Approving $236 million (U.S.) dollars in credit today The World Bank  is
hoping new funding will lift the economy of suffering communities on the
heavily populated coastal India region of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry...

*India: Fishermen alarmed by Chinese vessels under Lankan flag*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-fishermen-alarmed-by-chinese-vessels-under-lankan-flag/article4843720.ece

Fishermen’s organisations and boat owners in Kerala are wringing their
hands over Sri Lankan government’s recent decision to let more than a dozen
Chinese fishing vessels to operate under the island country’s flag under an
arrangement called ‘distant water fishing’...
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Indian fishermen caught in crossfire between Iran and Arab Gulf*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/indian-fisherman-arrested-in-iran/article4840013.ece

Detention of Indian fisherman from Saudi Arabia has been unusually
prolonged. Indian fishermen are landing up in Iranian jails as a result of
growing tensions between Tehran and its Arab Gulf neighbours, including
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

*Bangladesh: Local fish varieties are better in quality and taste than the
foreign ones*
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/jun/26/hybrid-fish-crowding-out-local-species

Foreign hybrid species of fish are taking room in the water bodies of
Sunamganj for their ‘cost-effective farming’ in place of the protein-rich
indigenous ones. Relatively higher profit from the hybrid fish species,
especially for their faster growth, is luring the local fish farmers away
to their cultivation from the local fish varieties, reports UNB. Farming of
the foreign fish species using modern technology and training is largely
helping youths of the district gain economic self-sufficiency...
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Sri Lanka: Compensation paid for the fishermen died in storms insufficient,
Sri Lanka opposition MP says*
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13A/Jun23_1371996169JR.php

Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian
Dayasiri Jayasekera says that families of fishermen who were killed due to
stormy weather conditions earlier this month should be paid more
compensation. Jayasekera says that the Rs. 100,000 compensation paid to
each family was insufficient...

*Myanmar: Fish exporters not ready for EU*
http://mmtimes.com/index.php/business/7244-fish-exporters-not-ready-for-eu.html

Confusion about Myanmar’s readmission into the European Union’s generalised
scheme of preferences on June 12 is handicapping efforts by exporters to
re-enter the market, industry executives said last week. A spokesperson for
the Myanmar Fishery Products Processors and Exporters Association told The
Myanmar Times that the impact of duty-free access to Europe on domestic
exporters remains unclear...



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