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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 27 January
2014 to 31 January 2014.

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*Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Fisheries federation smells irregularities in
auction process*
http://www.andamanchronicle.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4234:fisheries-federation-smells-irregularities-in-auction-process&catid=49:highlight&Itemid=200

A foreign Fishing Vessel Long Wang Hsin was confiscated on 12th Jan 2014,
following which an FIR was lodged by PS CCS and 45 tons of fish was seized.
Soon after the confiscation of the vessel, a firm named M/s Balaji Food
Ltd. filed an application before the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Port
Blair for release of 33.80 tons of fish out of the estimated 45 tons...

*Assam: Bid to develop State fishery sector*
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2814/at09

The initiatives undertaken by the Assam Government under the World
Bank-financed Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Project (AACP), are
expected to benefit the fish farmers of the State in the way of exposure to
the latest technical knowhow in fish production. The Directorate of
Fisheries is planning to send three hundred fish farmers for exposure
visits to the leading fish producing states like Andhra Pradesh and West
Bengal...

*Arunachal Pradesh: Subansiri dam hits hurdle again*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Subansiri-dam-hits-hurdle-again/articleshow/29593567.cms

The fate of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project continues to be
uncertain, with the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), ministry of
power, NHPC and both Assam and Arunachal governments seeking extra time to
respond to a clarification sought by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on
the project's downstream impact...

*New Delhi: 7th CMS Vatavaran environment and wildlife film festival 2014*
http://www.cmsvatavaran.org/programme.php

1.  Shifting Undercurrents - Women Seaweed Collectors of Gulf of Mannar,
Tamil Nadu, 20 min. English, by  Rita Banerji  and produced by
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), Chennai, India
Film Screening at: 11. 00 am on Saturday, 1 February 2014 at UNDP and GIZ
lawn

2. India: The Challenged Coast of India - Collaboration for a Sustainable
Future, Release of Report followed by Panel Discussion by  Prabir Kumar
Banerjee, Dr Shailesh Nayak, Sunita Narain,Sudarshan Rodriguez and T Mohan
and Moderator: Dr Prannoy Roy on Saturday 1 February, 2014 at 5. 45 pm
venue: UNDP and GIZ lawn

*Odisha: Fishing trawlers threaten turtle nesting in Odisha*
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/fishing-trawlers-threaten-turtle-nesting-in-odisha-114012400809_1.html

Fishing trawlers operating illegally off the coast of Odisha have
threatened the annual mass nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles,
an official said Friday. The illegal activities intensified in the state's
Gahirmatha beach, one of world's largest turtle nesting sites, as
patrolling by the forest officials has halted...

*Andhra Pradesh: Kolleru is turning saline, warn AU researchers*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Kolleru-is-turning-saline-warn-AU-researchers/articleshow/29630648.cms

Kolleru, once the largest fresh water lake in Asia, is gradually turning
brackish, thanks to unchecked use of pesticides, overexploitation of ground
water, and encroachments reducing inflows into the water body.
Incidentally, Kolleru is the only wetland in Andhra Pradesh protected under
the Ramsar Convention of the United Nations...

*Tamil Nadu: TN - Sri Lanka MoU handed over to Rajitha*
http://nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/25324-tn-%E2%80%93-sri-lanka-mou-handed-over-to-rajitha.html

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Sri Lankan and Tamil Nadu
fishermen at the end of discussions between the two parties on Monday was
handed over to Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Dr. Rajitha
Senaratne. The talks were held at the Ministry of Fisheries in Chennai...

*Puducherry: Fishermen to steer clear of Lok Sabha elections *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/fishermen-to-steer-clear-of-lok-sabha-elections/article5623934.ece

Say none of the announced welfare measure delivered so far The fishermen
communities across the Union Territory have made a decision to boycott the
Lok Sabha elections unless the welfare schemes announced to them are
implemented. So far, the Puducherry government has promised tsunami houses,
relief measures for the cyclone Thane and other welfare schemes for the
fishermen that have not been delivered so far...

*Kerala:  Kerala Budget: Fisheries sector would get an allocation of
Rs.177.4 crore*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-budget-farm-sector-gets-lions-share/article5615197.ece

Stress on improving productivity and ensuring welfare of farmers. The
budget presented by Finance Minister K.M. Mani in the Assembly on Friday
lays stress on improving agricultural productivity and ensuring the welfare
of farmers.  An income guarantee scheme and health insurance for small and
marginal farmers, and a programme to promote hi-tech farming were among the
major proposals for the agriculture sector in the Budget...

*Karnataka: Grant of fishing rights quashed*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/grant-of-fishing-rights-quashed/article5632916.ece

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the leasing of fishing rights at the
Kanva reservoir in Channapatna given to a society due to the alleged
influence of the then Minister for Fisheries who acted on a recommendation
from the then Minister for Forests...

*Karnataka: Navy bans the fishermen to throw nets for their livelihood *
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140113/news-current-affairs/article/karwar-fishermen-feel-shortchanged

The arrival of country's biggest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya may have
raised the strategic importance of Karwar, but the local fishermen feel
shortchanged after giving up the coastline for Project Seabird, where they
and their ancestors have carried out fishing for hundreds of years...

*Maharashtra: Mumbai fishermen squeezed out by giant trawlers*
http://www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/economics/mumbai-fishermen-squeezed-out-by-giant-trawlers

Against the backdrop of concrete towers and the morning smog and chaos of
Mumbai, tired fisherman arrive on their small, brightly coloured boats.
They wade through the murky waters to reach the land, sporting their catch
after several hours out at sea...

*Gujarat: Pakistan arrests 22 fishermen*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-25/rajkot/46600201_1_lodhari-53-fishermen-pakistani-marine-security-agency

In yet another instance of abduction of Indian fishermen, Pakistani Marine
Security Agency personnel took 22 fishermen in their custody along with
nine boats on Thursday. Sources said these fishermen from Saurashtra's
coastal towns had gone fishing in Indian waters off Jakhau coast when the
Pakistani agency personnel abducted 10 boats with 53 fishermen...

*India: Women's SHGs need to be linked to banks, says Jairam Ramesh*
http://www.firstpost.com/india/women-shgs-need-to-be-linked-to-banks-says-jairam-ramesh-1362461.html

To empower women under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, there is a
need to link women's self help groups (WSHGs) to banks, Union Minister for
Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said. Ramesh, who was in Mumbai to attend
an event 'Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Forum' organised by the state
government, said the objective of the mission shall not be limited to
forming SHGs under the mission but it is necessary to link these groups to
banks to enable the poor women to get easy loans and start their
businesses...

*India: Ready with charge sheet against Italian marines: NIA to court*
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/ready-with-charge-sheet-against-italian-marines-nia-to-court_907951.html

The NIA on Thursday told a special court here that it was "ready" with a
charge sheet against two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian
fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012, and would file it after the Supreme
Court decides on the issue raised by the Italian government...


*India: Flavouring fish into food security: A Preliminary Assessment of the
Integration of Fisheries and Aquaculture into Food and Nutrition Policy
Frameworks of East and South Africa and Indian Ocean Countries. Report,
August, 2013. FAO-SmartFish Programme of the Indian Ocean Commission,
Ebene, Mauritius by John Kurien and Javier  López Ríos, Report is available
at: *
http://media.wix.com/ugd/19606a_a2257acb86b84eb8bf9370e2d0cf6166.pdf

Flavouring fish into food security study makes a preliminary assessment of
fisheries and aquaculture incorporation into the food and nutrition policy
frameworks of twenty countries in the East and South Africa and Indian
Ocean (ESA-IO) region. In a world where we are confronted with the paradox
of hunger, food resources such as fish, which are readily available in the
ESA-IO countries, can become an important part of the solution to food and
nutritional insecurity that plagues the sub-Saharan countries as a whole
and the ESA-IO region in particular...

*India and Sri Lanka: Agreement reached between SL and Indian fishermen*
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/news/43820.html

An agreement has been reached between fishermen of India and Sri Lanka, but
is subject to the approval of both the governments, the Hindu reported.
Briefing reporters about the meeting, U. Arulanandam, a fishermen
representative from Ramanathapuram and Sri Lankan representative T.
Sadasivam were quoted as saying,  there was a consensus among them and the
resolutions adopted in the meeting would be forwarded to the governments....

*Sri Lanka: Negombo Declaration 2014 on governance of small scale fisheries
*
https://www.facebook.com/asianfishersallience?hc_location=timeline

We the representatives of national and regional small scale fishers
organisations, International support organisations and networks, from nine
Asian countries met at Negombo, Sri Lanka on 13-14 January 2014 in order to
stock take the existing and emerging challenges faced by Small Scale
Fishers in Asia and to discuss critical and open issues related to
Voluntary Guidelines on Small Scale Fishery to be shared with CSO
negotiation team prior to final round of technical consultation on VG SSF
scheduled in February 2014 in Rome...

*Bangladesh: Citizens against lifting export ban on hilsa*
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2014/01/29/16187

Citizens in Bangladesh on Wednesday voiced concern over the government move
to lift the ban on hilsa export, claiming it will shoot up the price in the
local market. Addressing a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club,
they observed that the export of the most coveted fish of the country will
lead to a shorter supply in the domestic market, and will knock up the
price which the lower and the middle income sections of society will not
able to afford...

*Maldives: New Maldivian fishing school opens bringing long-term support
for coastal communities*
http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/20594/New_Maldivian_fishing_school_opens_bringing_long-term_support_for_coastal_communities.html

Switzerland's largest retailing group, Migros, and the International Pole &
Line Foundation (IPNLF) officially open a training centre for pole and line
fishermen in the Maldives. The new Fishermen's Community & Training Centre
(FCTC) will help the country's coastal fishing communities maintain a
sustainable pole and line tuna fishery...

*Pakistan: Welfare programme for fishermen!  *
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/01/welfare-programme-for-fishermen/

Fisheries Department of Sindh announced to launch Benazir Fisheries Welfare
Support Program (BFWSP) for providing financial assistance and other
livelihood facilities for fishermen in the province. Sindh Minister for
Fisheries and Livestock Jam Khan Shoro stated this while addressing the
gathering of fishermen on the occasion of distribution ceremony of Rs 11
million worth equipments among them at Golarchi in Badin District...

*Nepal: Nepal clinches 139th position in environment index  *
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Nepal+clinches+139th+position+in+environment+index+&NewsID=404149

Nepal has been ranked 139th in the Environmental Performance Index 2014,
which assessed 178 countries across the world. The EPI assesses nine
parameters, including Health Impacts, Air Quality, Water and Sanitation,
Water Resources, Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Biodiversity and Habitat,
and Climate and Energy...


*see also: Fisheries index of India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Myanmar  and
Pakistan can be accessed at: Fisheries raw data file of 178
countries:http://www.epi.yale.edu/epi/issue-ranking/fisheries
<http://www.epi.yale.edu/epi/issue-ranking/fisheries>*




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