[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 28 October 2013 to 01 November 2013

Mar Nov 5 01:13:48 PST 2013

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* Lakshadweep Islands: 3 sailors from Tuticorin go missing in Lakshadweep
sea*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/3-sailors-from-Tuticorin-go-missing-in-Lakshadweep-sea/articleshow/24795589.cms

A sailing vessel transporting construction materials from Mangalore to
Lakshadweep sunk seven nautical miles away from the island on October 25.
While two of the five sailors, all hailing from Tuticorin were rescued, the
fate of the remaining three is yet to be known...

*Jammu and Kashmir: Fish production in JK reaches 20,000 MT*
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Oct/29/fish-production-in-jk-reaches-20-000-mt-6.asp

In a welcome development, fish production in Jammu and Kashmir has reached
to 19.95 thousand metric tonnes, Fisheries Department today said. It said
the state has already achieved a breakthrough in commercial trout
production by the establishment of village trout farming project, Kokernag,
“which is servicing as mother producing centre in the state...

*West Bengal: Sunderbans habitation dates to 3BC*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Sunderbans-habitation-dates-to-3BC/articleshow/24902674.cms

Ancient artifacts collected by two fishermen over 25 years may rewrite the
history of Sunderbans - or Bengal, in fact. It is generally believed that
habitation in the wild, mysterious islands started because of the British
but the fishermen's untaught conservation and recent explorations indicate
that human settlements here date back to the third century BC...

*Odisha: Odisha asks banks to help in rehabilitation activities*
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/odisha-asks-banks-to-help-in-rehabilitation-activities-113102800864_1.html

Hit by twin calamities of cyclone Phailin and two phases of flood, the
Odisha government today asked the banks to extend helping hands in
rehabilitation and restoration activities. "We have requested the banks to
provide loans to farmers, fishermen, self-help groups and small businessmen
in order to help them restore their livelihood," said U N Behera,
additional chief secretary, Finance Department after an emergent meeting of
State Level Bankers' Committee here...

*Andhra Pradesh: Heavy rains hit aquaculture, paddy, horticulture*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/heavy-rains-hit-aquaculture-paddy-horticulture/article5280555.ece

Aquaculture in Konaseema, and paddy, horticulture in the entire East
Godavari district were damaged due to heavy rains for the last six days.
The farmers who ventured into Vanami variety prawn culture for the last one
year in coastal belt, particularly from Uppada, Kakinada Rural, Tallarevu,
I. Polavaram, Katrenikona, Uppalaguptam, Allavaram, Mamidikuduru,
Malikipuram and Sakhinetipalli, have lost hopes about their seed which is
growing fast till last week...

* Andhra Pradesh: CRZ violations rampant in Nellore*
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131025/news-current-affairs/article/crz-violations-rampant-nellore

As many as 48 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations were found in a
survey taken up recently in Prakasam and Nellore. It may be mentioned here
that CRZ pertains ban on any activity in places that are ecologically
sensitive and located close to the coast in specified distance. For
instance CRZ-I pertains to 0 to 100 metres to the seacoast. CRZ-II related
to areas that have already been developed up to or close to the shoreline...

*Tamil Nadu: Residents voice reservations against Cheyyur plant*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/residents-voice-reservations-against-cheyyur-plant/article5269318.ece?homepage=true

Say the power plant will sound a ‘death knell’ to farming and fishing
there. Residents of a few villages in Kancheepuram district expressed their
reservations over the proposal to start an ultra mega power plant in
Cheyyur, Kancheepuram district on Wednesday, on the ground that the entire
process of execution lacked transparency...

* Tamil Nadu: Ice shortage due to power crisis - Tamil Nadu fishermen on
strike *
http://kseboa.org/news/ice-shortage-due-to-power-crisis-tamil-nadu-fishermen-on-strike-1511335.html

Finally the power crisis is affecting even the fisherman!. From 14-11-2008,
thousands of fishermen from all over Tamil Nadu went on an indefinite
strike as ice plants supplying ice blocks used to preserve fish, will
remain closed from 15-11-2008 . Fishermen said they could not venture into
the sea without the blocks as fish have to be preserved for use and also
sent to other parts of the state...

* Kerala: Fishermen and traders from Kerala agree on new sales system *
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=30&id=64438&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=

A new more precise sales system which is more transparent at the time of
quantifying fish catch will finally be implemented in the state of Kerala,
in South-West India, coming into effect from 1 November. It is expected
that this system, which is considered more suitable than a more primitive
one by which bulk sales were only based on rough calculations, will bring
to an end counter-charges of exploitation and losses, reports The Hindu...

*Karnataka: Empty lakes, a blow to inland fisheries*
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/366057/empty-lakes-blow-inland-fisheries.html

Only 34 lakes in the district have sufficient water for raising fish, due
to deficient rains, which has become a major setback for inland fisheries.
In all, there are 95 lakes in the district — Kollegal-26, Yalandur-18,
Chamarajanagar-32 and Gundlupet-19. The Fisheries department had set a goal
to distribute 65 lakh fish fry for raising. Fish fry are being supplied
from Gundal and Kabini centres at H D Kote...

* Goa: Mixed reactions to Vasco fish market plan*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Mixed-reactions-to-Vasco-fish-market-plan/articleshow/25013449.cms?cfmid=14000000

The new fish market plan for the port town of Vasco received mixed
reactions from members of the fishing community with some opposing the plan
and a few supporting it. On Thursday afternoon, Goa state urban development
authority (GSUDA) consultant Datta Kare explained the new fish market plan
to members of the fishing community at the St Andrew's Church hall...

* Maharashtra: Three weeks on, oil spills business of fishermen*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/Three-weeks-on-oil-spills-business-of-fishermen/articleshow/24771548.cms

It has been three weeks since the oil spill was caused by a ruptured
pipeline at the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) Uran plant, and
fishermen are not happy with how ONGC has handled the situation on the
coast. Many fishermen claimed that their business has been badly affected
as the fish they have been catching since the oil spill either stink or are
dead...

*Gujarat: Watchdog punches holes in IFC's monitoring on Tata's Mundra UMPP*
International Finance Corporation refutes charges, justifies its action,
funding to the project
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/watchdog-punches-holes-in-ifc-s-monitoring-on-tata-s-mundra-umpp-113102500594_1.html

The ombudsman for International Finance Corporation (IFC) has found serious
lapses in the supervision of Tata Power’s ultra mega power project (UMPP)
at Mundra in Kutch, Gujarat, impacting the environment and livelihoods of
the local fishermen. The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) held the review
of the project’s environment and social assessments was not commensurate
with the risk, as required by IFC’s sustainability policy...

* Sri Lanka: New legislation requires Sri Lankan fishermen operating in
high seas to obtain licenses*
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13B/Oct27_1382850292JV.php

The government of Sri Lanka is to introduce new legislation to make it
mandatory for fishermen operating in high seas to obtain licenses. The
government is considering to introduce the new legislation according to the
country's international commitment to prevent, deter and eliminate
Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in the High Seas...

* Pakistan: Big rise in fish exports *
http://dawn.com/news/1052276/big-rise-in-fish-exports

Fish exports are growing fast after the six-year-old EU ban was lifted on
shipments to EU member countries in March this year and due to larger sales
in China and Vietnam. Exports of fish and fish preparations exceeded 36,000
tonnes during July-September, up 33 per cent from where they stood in a
year-ago period...

* Bangladesh: 133 fishermen held in three dists for defying hilsha ban*
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/index.php?ref=MjBfMTBfMjVfMTNfMV84OF8xODc5MjY=

Bangladesh Coastguard and Fisheries Department in separate drives arrested
133 fishermen in the Bay of Bengal and rivers in Barguna, Munshiganj and
Bagerhat for catching hilsha defying October 13-23 ban, reports UNB. In
Barguna, a mobile court in an overnight drive Tuesday arrested 52 fishermen
onboard four trawlers for catching hilsha in Pakhidia area of the Bay of
Bengal...

*Myanmar: Severing Thais: fisheries agreement expires *
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/8586-fishing-industry-to-cut-thai-lines.html

Thai fishing boats will not be able to trawl Myanmar’s territorial waters
from March 2014 when a current agreement expires, a spokesperson for the
Myanmar Fisheries Federation said in a meeting last week. The decision
follows a workshop held by the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries
concerning Thai fishing rights in Nay Pyi Taw last week...

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