[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 16 December 2013 to 20 December 2013

Lun Dic 23 23:16:51 PST 2013

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*16 December 2013 to 20 December 2013*

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2013 to 20 December 2013.

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*Manipur: Khoupum Dam reduced to a fishing pond*
http://kanglaonline.com/2013/12/khoupum-dam-reduced-to-a-fishing-pond/

The Khoupum Irrigation Project, which is the oldest dam in the entire
region, carrying the hopes, dreams and faith of the people of Khoupum
especially the farmers has been reduced to the status of a mere fishing
pond. The historic ever built dam in Northeast is on the brink of collapse
due to government apathy...

*Assam: Fateful families and the shifting houses of Barpeta*
http://twocircles.net/2013dec15/fateful_families_and_shifting_houses_barpeta.html

Be it Hasina Bibi, Anand Biswas or Rahmat Ali, their story is all the same
besides being the fact that all of them belong to Assam. Ali is a 75 year
old man living in a cottage on the bank of Beki River, a tributary of
Brahmaputra at Sunpora in Barpeta district with an uncertain future. Not
just today, most of the years of his live have been spent like that only
since he could recall the childhood days. All credit goes to the erosion
caused by the river and the indifferent attitude of the government...

*Bihar: District officials confined by JD(U) workers for non-allotment of
shops to fishermen*
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/district-officials-confined-by-jdu-workers-for-nonallotment-of-shops-to-fishermen/440616-3-232.html

The Darbhanga Deputy Development Commissioner and some other district
officials were on Thursday confined for about five hours by a group of
JD(U) workers, led by an MLA, for non-allotment of shops to fishermen. The
JD(U) MLA from Bahadurpur, Madan Sahni, led the protesters, and locked all
the three exit gates of the office of the DDC around 5 pm and sat on a
dharna...

* West Bengal: Villagers struggle to save land as islands shrink in
Sundarban *
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/villagers-struggle-to-save-land-as-islands-shrink-in-sundarban-113121200327_1.html

Imagine buying a plot of land only to see it vanishing into the river
gradually after a few years! Thousands of farmers living on the banks of
the islands in Sundarbans are struggling to protect their land as their
villages are shrinking in size due to rising sea levels induced by climate
change...

*Odisha: JSW port proposal mired in legal tangle*
http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/no-decision-yet-on-jsw-port-proposal-due-to-court-order-odisha-says-113121800848_1.html

Uncertainty looms large over long standing proposal of Jindal
Infrastructure Ltd, a JSW group company, to set up a minor port at
Bichitrapur in Balasore district, as the state government is yet to take
any decision on the project citing legal restrictions. “The captive port
proposal of JSW is under consideration...

*Andhra Pradesh: Success for Silver Pompano in Andhra Pradesh*
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/22053/success-for-silver-pompano-in-andhra-pradesh

The first crop of the highly valued Silver Pompano fish cultivated in
Krishna district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, for the first time is
ready for harvest. The marine fish, locally known as Chanduva Para, which
is being cultivated in two acres of brackish water in Nagayalanka mandal,
survived without any retardation in growth despite the recent bad weather...

*Tamil Nadu: Fisherfolk oppose Chennai Port’s barge handling facility *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/fisherfolk-oppose-chennai-ports-barge-handling-facility/article5475253.ece

They alleged that the proposed jetty would increase the chances of oil
spills. Various associations of fishermen, on Wednesday, strongly objected
to a new barge handling facility proposed by the Chennai Port at its
Bharati Dock. Airing their opinions at a public hearing conducted by the
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board at New Washermenpet, fisherfolk said
that oil leaks were likely due to the proposed barge jetty...

*Kerala: Kerosene quota: Fisherfolk plan stir*
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Kerosene-Quota-Fisherfolk-Plan-Stir/2013/12/19/article1952936.ece

Fishworkers, under the aegis of Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali
Federation (KSMTF) will launch protests against the State Government’s
decision to slash the quota of kerosene used for outboard engines of
traditional fishermen by 20 litres. With the cut in kerosene quota, the
quantity of the fuel supplied to fishermen have come down from 129 litre to
109 litre, National Secretary of National Fishworkers Forum T Peter told a
news conference here on Wednesday...

*Karnataka: Farming of African catfish thrives despite ban*
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Farming-of-African-Catfish-Thrives-Despite-Ban/2013/12/18/article1951534.ece

The banned catfish is reared in many parts of the State, including Hassan,
Chikmagalur and Bagepalli. Rearing of the African catfish was banned in
2000 under the Environment Protection Act, and this was upheld by the
Supreme Court and Karnataka High Court in 2012...

* Goa: Mapusa fish market to be inaugurated in Jan*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Mapusa-fish-market-to-be-inaugurated-in-Jan/articleshow/27548215.cms

The much-waited Mapusa fish market is likely to be inaugurated before the
end of January 2014. The contractor has approached the Mapusa Municipal
Council (MMC) to take over the building. "We are dealing with the
formalities, within two days the MMC will take possession of the building,"
MMC chairperson Sandip Falari said...

*Maharashtra: City vulnerable to another 26/11, coast guard warns*
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/City-vulnerable-to-another-26/11-coast-guard-warns/articleshow/26596786.cms

Hundreds of illegal Bangladeshi and Nepalese immigrants who work on
trawlers are potential terror recruits, officials say, adding cops often
refuse to detain them, citing space, staff crunch. Maharashta's 800-km
coastline remains a soft target for terrorists to execute another
26/11-style attack in Mumbai, according to the Indian Coast Guard...

*Gujarat: Narmada washes away saltpan workers' livelihood*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/rajkot/45294026_1_little-rann-saltpan-rann-shalas

Gujarat's lifeline is sounding a death knell for thousands of poor saltpan
workers. Millions of gallons of precious water that could have quenched the
thirst of the needy and irrigated fields has flooded saltpans in the Little
Rann of Kutch near Santalpur in Patan district as well as Kharaghoda in
Surendranagar district...

*India: Adopt community laws to protect fishery resources*
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/adopt-community-laws-to-protect-fishery-resources/article5470236.ece

A regional workshop on fisheries management has suggested adoption of
community-based management practices for sustaining fishery resources.
Government-imposed rules and regulations are always violated, but in many
cases, rules and regulations formulated by fisher folks themselves are
working properly...

* India: MHA asked to remove curbs on foreign crew for deep sea fishing *
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-12-13/news/45162348_1_deep-sea-fishing-crew-mha

Due to shortage of trained Indian crew for deep sea fishing, the fisheries
department has asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to remove security curbs
on hiring foreign crew on deep-sea fishing vessels. Deep sea fishing
operatives have shown their inability in fishing operations in the Indian
Exclusive Economic Zone since past two years due to conditions imposed by
MHA for providing security clearance of foreign crew, Minister of State for
Agriculture Charan Das Mahant said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha...

* Sri Lanka: Fishermen earn Rs. 950 m under Divi Neguma *
http://www.dailynews.lk/local/fishermen-earn-rs-950-m-under-divi-neguma

Divi Neguma has provided 15,889 beneficiaries in the fisheries sector with
technical knowledge and financial assistance to launch projects to develop
aquatic resources under the Divi Neguma National Program. During the period
they have been able to earn an income of Rs. 950 million...

*Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka offers harbors to foreign fishing vessels*
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/17/c_132975580.htm

Sri Lankan government is offering the island's fisheries harbors to foreign
vessels from Asian countries, including China, in a bid to prevent European
countries from exploiting fishing resources in the Indian Ocean, an
official said here on Tuesday. Under the plan, fishing vessels from China,
Dubai, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam will be invited to engage in fishing in
the international waters in the Indian Ocean and export their products via
the fisheries harbours in Sri Lanka, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Minister Rajitha Senaratne said...

*Pakistan: SC seeks report on Pakistani fishermen in Indian jails*
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-27344-SC-seeks-report-on-Pakistani-fishermen-in-Indian-jails

A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on
Monday, directed the additional attorney general to seek instructions and
submit a report by 2nd week of January 2014 on the efforts made by the
Foreign Office for the release of 226 Pakistani fishermen, languishing in
Indian Jails...

*Pakistan: Fisheries sector: Sindh's plea for devolution rejected*
http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183/1265078/

The federal government has rejected the plea of Sindh Government for the
devolution of Marine Fisheries Department (MFD), Korangi Fish Harbour
Authority (KFHA) and office of Fisheries Development Commissioner The
reason, given for turning down the request, maintains that under the entry
No: 36 of federal legislative list, "fishing and fisheries beyond the
territorial waters" is purely a federal subject...

*Myanmar: Myanmar workers want to go home, survey finds*
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/385466/myanmar-workers-want-to-go-home-survey-says

Most Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand would like to return home, and the
country could face a shortage of over five million workers as a result by
2025, according to survey results released on Wednesday. The International
Organisation of Migration (IOM) interviewed over 5,000 Myanmar workers in
seven provinces that employ the largest numbers of migrants, with 80%
expressing a desire to return home – and 41% of these would do so within
the next five years...

*Myanmar: Myanmarese fishermen rescued*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/myanmarese-fishermen-rescued/article5468193.ece

They might have drifted during recent cyclone; handed over to Coastal
Security Group. Three Myanmarese fishermen, found stranded off Vellapallam
in Vedaranyam were rescued by the local fishermen here on Monday. The
fishermen along with their large-sized bamboo boat were spotted stranded a
few nautical miles off Vellapallam coast...

*Bangladesh: Bangladesh Fish Workers' Alliance (BFWA) has recently
organized a human chain *
Source: You can find pictures of the event from our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/BDfishworkers

Bangladesh Fish Workers' Alliance (BFWA) has recently organized a human
chain demanding fish workers' rights in Moheshkhali island of Cox's Bazar
district. Moheshkhali is the only island in Bangladesh with hills. Local
wing of BFWA organized the human chain with some specific demands like:
minimum wages for the fish workers, safety while fishing, appointment
letter from the boat owners etc. A mobilization of the fishworkers claiming
legitimate demands in a remote area like Moheshkhali is very rare in
Bangladesh.  We have received huge responses from the various stakeholders
We are planning to organize local mobilizations regularly.

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