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12 August 2013 to 16 August 2013*


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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 12 August
2013 to 16 August 2013.

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Fast erosion of the coastal area poses threat
to the villages-MP expresses concern*
http://www.andamansheekha.com/2013/08/14/fast-erosion-of-the-coastal-area-poses-threat-to-the-villages-mp-expresses-concern/

The turbulent strong sea waves have been eroding the long belt of the
coastal areas at many locations in Car Nicobar for the last many years. Now
the situation has worsened and become alarming. The Member of Parliament
Shri Bishnu Pada Ray in his recent visit to this Island found that the fast
erosion of the coastal land is posing threat to the nearby coastal
villages...

*Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bihar: China has cleared three dam projects
on Brahmaputra mainstream: Govt*
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-12/news/41332999_1_brahmaputra-established-user-rights-downstream-states

China has cleared three dam projects on Brahmaputra mainstream in Tibet,
government said on Monday. "The recently released 'Outline of the 12th Five
year plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's
Republic of China' indicates that three dam projects on the main stream of
the Brahmaputra river in Tibet Autonomous Region have been approved for
implementation by Chinese authorities," minister of water resources Harish
Rawat said...

*Assam: Rajya Sabha passes Bill to declare Assam river as National Waterway*
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rajya-sabha-passes-bill-to-declare-assam-river-as-national-waterway/articleshow/21821926.cms

Rajya Sabha passed a bill to declare the 121-km stretch of Barak river in
Assam as National Waterway, a move aimed at unified development of
waterways for shipping, navigation and transportation of cargo to the
north-eastern region...

*Odisha: Odisha gets ready for ICZM phase-11 projects*
http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=43151

With strategic and encouraging interventions of Phase-I, Odisha has been
chosen for Phase-II of ICZM ( Integrated Coastal Zone Management) projects
by Ministry of Forest & Environment , Govt. of India. A high level meeting
for preparation of Phase –II project proposal was held today under the
Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra in secretariat
conference hall wherein Project Director, ICZM Odisha...

*Andhra Pradesh: Adrift in a sea of poverty *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/adrift-in-a-sea-of-poverty/article5015984.ece

Women fish vendors in coastal Andhra Pradesh struggle to make ends meet.
Fish vendors Olisetty Poleramma and Pilla Muthyamma, live in Peda
Jalaripetta, a large fishing settlement that lies on one flank of
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh’s second largest city...
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Tamil Nadu and Kerala: Green Tribunal bans beach sand mining in coastal
States*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/green-tribunal-bans-beach-sand-mining-in-coastal-states/article5024720.ece

Chief Secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Kerala asked to file report. The National
Green Tribunal has decided to set up an expert committee to carry out
orders it may pass in future and to prepare a comprehensive report on
illegal sand mining. The committee will carry out comprehensive zoning and
mapping to delineate areas where mining could be permitted and to what
extent...

*Kerala: Mother of three takes on mining mafia to save Kannur beaches *
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kerala-mother-of-three-takes-on-mining-mafia-to-save-kannur-beaches/412986-62-126.html

Thiruvananthapuram: It was not just IAS officers who were taking on mining
mafia, now a mother of three has been taking on the mining mafia in Kerala
to save the beaches of her hometown in Kannur. As the entire nation has
been busy celebrating Eid, a Muslim woman with her three children was
protesting at the government secretariat to stop illegal sand minning in
Kannur...

*Karnataka: Migratory fishermen in Hassan in dire straits  *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/migratory-fishermen-in-hassan-in-dire-straits/article5008031.ece

Their earnings dwindle after federation gets fishing licence Families of
the migratory fishermen’s community (burude bestaru) in parts of Hassan and
Alur taluks, who are dependent on the Hemavati reservoir for their
livelihood, are in dire straits. Fishing in the reservoir has been granted
to a cooperative federation and their earnings have dwindled drastically...
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Goa: Stinking fish market irks Mandrem locals*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-12/goa/41332108_1_mandrem-locals-mandrem-panchayat-fish-market

Lack of hygiene and basic facilities at the congested Mandrem fish market
is haunting the local authorities, as agitated fish vendors have shifted
shop to the streets and are now selling fish in the open. Heaps of
accumulated garbage near the market complex is raising an unbearable stench
in the area...

*Gujarat: Banks refuse loans to Pakistan-hit Gujarat fishermen *
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1874197/report-dna-special-banks-refuse-loans-to-pak-hit-guj-fishermen

In Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, fishermen are in a Catch-22 situation. With
Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency (MSA) preying on Indian fishermen who
accidentally cross non-demarcated sea boundaries in search of a good catch,
banks are refusing to give them loans to buy trawlers...

*India: Eco impact of fishing doubles on the coasts*
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Eco-impact-of-fishing-doubles-on-the-coasts/Article1-1107382.aspx

Mechanised boats may be travelling further into the sea and catching more
fish, but they have also doubled the environmental cost of consuming fish
in India over the last 50 years. This is likely to push up cost of fish as
the impact on fish stock is felt...

*India: Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project to get serious on
including gender*
http://genderaquafish.org/2013/08/15/bay-of-bengal-large-marine-ecosystem-project-to-get-serious-on-including-gender/

Most marine and fisheries development projects are gender blind, even
though, in recent years, they generally pay much more attention to reaching
out to fishing communities.  What does a major, multi-country project do
when it wants to get serious on overcoming its gender-blindness? For sure,
the project partners face a steep learning curve, but the FAO-managed Bay
of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project has taken the plunge...
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India: Forum seeks PM's intervention to rescue 119 Tamil fishermen lodged
in Sri Lankan jails *
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-07/india/41166870_1_29-fishermen-indian-waters-sri-lankan-navy

A fishermen's forum has sought the immediate intervention of Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh in rescuing 119 fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry who
were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy while fishing in Indian waters...

*India: ‘Need joint-fishing agreement between Sri Lanka and India’*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/need-jointfishing-agreement-between-sri-lanka-and-india/article5021542.ece

The National Fish Workers Forum and the Vangakadal Meen Thozhilalar Sangam
has called for a subsidy package for taking up deep-sea fishing . Staging a
demonstration outside the head post office in Nagapattinam on Tuesday,
members placed a three-fold charter of demands that would help settle
disputes between the fisherfolk of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka...

*India; National Maritime meet to formulate guidelines and procedures*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/National-Maritime-meet-to-formulate-guidelines-and-procedures/articleshow/21782599.cms

The XII National Maritime Search and Rescue Board (NMSARB) meeting under
the chairmanship of vice admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, AVSM, Director General
Indian Coast Guard was held on August 8...

*India: U.S. sets shrimp duties on five countries, spares Thailand,
Indonesia*
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/13/us-usa-shrimp-duties-idUSBRE97C10420130813

The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday set final duties on billions of
dollars of shrimp from four Asian countries and Ecuador to offset foreign
government subsidies, but spared major suppliers Thailand and Indonesia
from the import tax...

*Myanmar: Myanmar's Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries to include rural
development*
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/national/3015-myanmar-s-ministry-of-livestock-and-fisheries-to-include-rural-development

Myanmar's parliament has approved to change the name of the Ministry of
Livestock and Fisheries to include rural development in a parliamentary
session held in the capital Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday. Ministry of Livestock
and Fisheries will now be called as Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and
Rural Development according to the decision...
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Bangladesh: Now fish fry gets smuggled*
http://www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2013/aug/13/now-fish-fry-gets-smuggled

Fry fish has recently entered the long list of items being smuggled to
India from bordering areas in Jessore Fry (juvenile fish) has recently
entered the long list of items being smuggled to India from bordering areas
in Jessore...

*Pakistan: Ansar Burney takes up Pakistani family’s issue *
http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Ansar-Burney-takes-up-Pakistani-family%E2%80%99s-issue/2013/08/13/article1732260.ece

Pakistani human rights activist and former Federal Minister for Human
Rights Ansar Burney claims to have taken up the issue of the five-member
Pakistani family, arrested by the Karunagappally Police on Saturday...





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