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Please find below web links of  ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 22 July to
26 July 2013.

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*Lakshadweep Islands: Debris from Mol Comfort lands in Kerala beaches,
Lakshadweep *
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/debris-from-mol-comfort-lands-in-kerala-beaches-lakshadweep-113072400379_1.html

Three gas tankers and some articles, suspected to be from the container
vessel M V Mol Comfort, which sank in the Indian Ocean last month, have
washed ashore in some places in Kadmat in Lakshadweep islands and in the
beaches on the northern most district of Kerala in Kasaragod...

*Jammu and Kashmir: The difficulty of being a fisherwoman *
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Jul/19/the-difficulty-of-being-a-fisherwoman-12.asp

Amira Kadal Bridge is dotted with people. Men sit on one side of the
bridge. An assortment of glossy watches, sunglasses and an endless row of
golden chains is spread out in front of them. They gesture passer bys to
glance at what they have to offer. And when faced with refusal, they slump
back again...
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Manipur: Fish farmers' training programme *
http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=39..160713.jul13

A 5-day long Fish Farmers' Training Programme organized by District Fishery
Office, Imphal East under Rashtriya Kendra Vikash Yojna scheme commenced
from today at the training hall of State Institute of Rural Development
today. Speaking on the occasion as Chief Guest, K Saratkumar, Director of
Fisheries, Government of Manipur, stated that the yearly requirement of
fish in the State is roughly around 40,000 metric tonnes...

*Assam: Minister tells fishermen to boost production *
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-19/guwahati/40678301_1_fish-production-fishermen-price-rise

Minister of state for co-operation and border areas development Siddique
Ahmed on Thursday appealed to fishermen of the state to join training for
more fish production. "If any fisherman takes the initiative in learning
the technique of fish production from Kerala or Andhra Pradesh, then the
government will fund him," said Ahmed...

*Odisha: Government scheme fails to cheer fishermen *
http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Government-scheme-fails-to-cheer-fishermen/2013/07/23/article1697683.ece

Over 6,000 fishermen families in the district will now get 25 kg rice every
month at Rs 1 per kg under Rice for Olive Ridley Conservation (ROrC)
scheme. The families are affected by seven-month ban on marine fishing as
an Olive Ridley protection measure every year, said Ranjit Keshari Das,
Additional Director of Fishery (Marine), Kujang, on Monday...

*Andhra Pradesh: Don’t allow fish tanks in Kolleru area, officials told *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/dont-allow-fish-tanks-in-kolleru-area-officials-told/article4931487.ece

Revenue officials of Krishna district have been asked to make sure that no
aquaculture tanks were dug up in Kolleru lake area. District Collector
Buddha Prakash M. Jyothi presided over the District Level Committee (DLC)
for regularising the existing fresh water aquaculture ponds and for
registering new ponds under the guidelines of G.O. Ms. No 7 at his camp
office here on Thursday...
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Tamil Nadu: Fishermen leaders get invite for talks with Sri Lankan
counterparts*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Fishermen-leaders-get-invite-for-talks-with-Sri-Lankan-counterparts/articleshow/21255960.cms

In a promising development, the fishermen leaders here received an invite
to visit Sri Lanka and hold talks with their Sri Lankan counterparts. The
fishers, however, urged the state government to facilitate this meeting so
that the resolutions passed by the fishermen groups are implemented...
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Tamil Nadu: Families of 18 fishermen jailed in Iran seek Jayalalithaa's
help *
http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/families-of-18-fishermen-jailed-in-iran-seek-jayalalithaa-s-help-396622

Stepping up their efforts, family members of 18 fishermen from Tamil Nadu
languishing in an Iranian jail have petitioned Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
to exert pressure on the Centre for their release.  The family members of
the fishermen, hailing from Kanyakumari and Ramanathapuram, called on
Fisheries Minister K A Jayapaul here seeking the state government's
assistance in securing the release of the arrested fishermen...

*Tamil Nadu: Criticality may mean death for Kudankulam's seas*
http://www.rediff.com/news/column/criticality-may-mean-death-for-kudankulams-seas/20130725.htm

The first two units of the Kudankulam nuclear plant will discharge 6.3
billion litres of waste water every day right onto the beach. This
discharge will trigger a slow-motion disaster that will poison beaches,
devastate near-shore fisheries and choke the livelihood of fisherfolk in
the vicinity, says Nityanand Jayaraman...
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Kerala: Loan for fishermen's project *
http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Loan-for-fishermens-project/2013/07/25/article1700642.ece

In a post Cabinet briefing, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the Cabinet
had entrusted the Kerala State Coastal Development Corporation to avail of
loan worth Rs 150 crore from the Hudco for implementing the housing project
for fishermen...

*Karnataka: Tenka Yermal Residents panic as waters get closer *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/tenka-yermal-residents-panic-as-waters-get-closer/article4952151.ece

People in Tenka Yermal village, about 22km from Udupi, live in constant
fear of the roaring sea waves, which are just a few metres from hitting
their homes. Sea erosion has damaged nearly 200 metres of the
Padukere-Hejmady Road, which runs along the coastline here. Nearly half the
width of the road, which belongs to the Department of Fisheries, has been
consumed by the sea...

*Maharashtra: Delay in sending bodies spotlights snag in India-Pakistan
ties *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/delay-in-sending-bodies-spotlights-snag-in-indiapakistan-ties/article4954386.ece

21 days after fisherman Dadubhai Makwana died in Karachi, his body reached
Mumbai on Thursday, on the way to Gujarat Twenty-one days after he died in
Karachi, the Pakistani government sent the body of fisherman Dadubhai
Makwana to Mumbai on Thursday evening...
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Gujarat: Indian forces arrest fisherman, seize three boats near Sir Creek *
http://dawn.com/news/1031636/indian-forces-arrest-fisherman-seize-three-boats-near-sir-creek

“Leaving behind our boats and catch, we dived into the water and swam as
quickly as we could to the boat at a distance. That’s how eight of us
escaped,” disclosed 35-year-old Dhani Bux a day after a fisherman of their
group was arrested with their three fishing boats seized by the Indian
naval task force on the pretext of crossing the controversial Sir Creek
near Zero Point in Badin...
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Gujarat: Bharuch villagers oppose Bhadbhut barrage project *
http://m.timesofindia.com/city/surat/Bharuch-villagers-oppose-Bhadbhut-barrage-project/articleshow/21172567.cms

Local residents of Bhadbhut and other villages of Bharuch district have
strongly opposed the construction of a weir-cum-causeway on Narmada river
under the ambitious Kalpsar project. They registered their protest during
environment public hearing of the project held at Bhadbhut on Friday...

*India: Indian Ocean tsunami: the parents rebuilding their families*
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/19/indian-ocean-tsunami-parents-rebuilding-families

For many who lost children in the Indian Ocean tsunami, there was an added
heartache: prior sterilisation made creating new families impossible. Or
was it? Arsalen stands on the porch of her home, shaded from the sun. Her
husband, Malayiarsan, appears, followed by Sheyam, eight, Priya, five, and
Vishal, three...
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India: CMFRI gets research vessel for carrying out fisheries-related
research in territorial waters *
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/CMFRI-gets-research-vessel/2013/07/25/article1700634.ece

Fisheries research institutes in the country are facing various challenges,
said Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) deputy director general
(Fisheries) B Meenakumari. She was addressing the gathering at a function
organised at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in
connection with handing over the new research vessel for CMFRI on
Wednesday...
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India: Boost for Indian shrimp export from Southeast Asian malady *
http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/boost-for-indian-shrimp-export-from-southeast-asian-malady-113071901209_1.html

The Indian shrimp export sector is likely to gain this year due to
widespread damage to shrimp farms in Southeast Asia, due to a disease
called Early Mortality Syndrome. Processing units in these countries will
have to import to meet commitments with European and US importers...
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Nepal:  Lending to deprived, productive sectors given top priority *
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=58180

With the aim of ensuring adequate credit flow to productive sectors,
increasing access to banking services and encouraging lending to deprived
sectors, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Sunday unveiled monetary policy for
the fiscal year 2013/14.  The 30-page policy document is aimed at
containing inflation at 8 percent and achieving economic growth of Rs 5.5
percent in line with the target set by the budget...
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Sri Lanka: Mullaiththeevu protests against poaching by Sinhala fishermen*
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=36477

Tamil fishermen in Mullaiththeevu have vowed to step up protest campaign
till Sri Lankan Fisheries Minister, his representative or the SL Government
Agent of the district meet them and assure that no southern fishermen would
be allowed into Mullaiththeevu for fishing...

*Pakistan: Pakistan’s coast - where the sea is an enemy not a friend *
http://www.irinnews.org/report/98399/pakistan-s-coast-where-the-sea-is-an-enemy-not-a-friend

On a theoretical level, climate change and sea intrusion are not things Din
Muhammad Chandio, a fisherman and farmer, understands much about.  But
practically-speaking Chandio has seen them push him deeper into poverty in
the town of Keti Bunder in Thatta District on the coast of Pakistan’s Sindh
Province...

*Bangladesh (Films): In low-lying Bangladesh, The sea takes a human toll:
After cyclone and Wahidul’s story: A village endures *
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_low-lying_bangladesh_the_sea_takes_a_human_toll/2234/

Danish photographer and filmmaker Jonathan Bjerg Møller recently spent nine
months in Bangladesh, chronicling the lives of people struggling to survive
just a few feet above sea level. He traveled to the South Asian nation
after hearing projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change about the millions of climate refugees that would be created this
century by rising seas and more powerful storms...

*Myanmar: Despite GSP, Myanmar faces hurdles exporting to Europe *
http://www.mizzima.com/business/trade/9723-despite-gsp-myanmar-faces-hurdles-exporting-to-europe

Myanmar exports still need to meet quality standards despite the trade
privileges bestowed under the EU’s General System of Preferences (GSP),
Myanmar businessman have told Mizzima. Myanmar Fisheries Federation
Vice-Chairman Hnin Oo said that being awarded preferential trading rights
did not settle all issues...

*Maldives: Breathing Atolls: A  sand animation based upon a traditional
Maldivian fisherman’s life, called A Maldivian Tale*
http://minivannews.com/politics/new-wave-of-maldivian-psychedelic-art-growing-despite-religious-restrictions-61369

Handfuls of sand are sprinkled are carefully onto glass, and a single
finger pokes the grains to magically morph them into a moving painting as
an animation unfolds telling important narratives about the survival of a
nation, against the soundtrack of haunting music...

*ICSF: Small-scale fisheries guidelines*
http://igssf.icsf.net/

The 29th session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, held in February
2011, approved the development of a new international instrument, in the
form of guidelines, on small-scale fisheries that would draw on relevant
existing instruments, complementing the Code of Conduct for Responsible
Fisheries (CCRF). The development and adoption of the small-scale fisheries
(SSF) Guidelines could play a role in addressing these issues, using a
human rights-based approach. This sub-site (igssf.icsf.net) provides
various information resources linked to the small-scale fisheries (SSF)
Guideline process, including about CSO engagement with this process....

*ICSF website: ICSF Guidebook: Understanding the Work in Fishing
Convention, 2007 is now available in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Odia at:  *
http://labour.icsf.net/en/page/1034-ICSF%20ILO%20Guidebook.html


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