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*Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman boatmen asked for sharp eye on
missing plane*
http://www.ntd.tv/en/news/world/asia-pacific/20140319/113879-andaman-boatmen-asked-for-sharp-eye-on-missing-plane.html

Indian authorities have instructed local sailors and fishermen in the
Andaman and Nicobar islands to keep a sharp eye out and sound alarm if they
see anything unusual in the wake of the missing Malaysian Airlines
aircraft, sailors said on Tuesday (March 18). Flight MH370 vanished from
civilian air traffic control screens off Malaysia's east coast less than an
hour after take-off early on March 8...

*Assam: Clash over fishing leaves one dead in Assam *
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Clash-over-fishing-leaves-one-dead-in-Assam/articleshow/32280756.cms

One person was killed and three were injured in a clash between two groups
over fishing in a wet land in the Morigaon district on Tuesday. Police had
to open fire to quell the disturbance. The deceased was identified as
Biswajit Bordoloi, a 19-year-old student. "The body has been sent for post
mortem...

*Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Tremor jolts Great Nicobar*
http://echoofindia.com/campbell-bay-tremor-jolts-great-nicobar-51439

A moderate intensity tremor rocked the Great Nicobar Islands on Friday. The
quake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit the islands at about 07.08 pm
today. The epicenter of the tremor was reported at Lat. 07.7°N Long. 94.4°E
off the Nicobar group of islands at a depth of 10 kms, according to the
Indian Meteorological Department. However, no loss of life and property was
reported...

*West Bengal: No need to wait till monsoon for your hilsa diet*
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-03-14/news/48222300_1_hilsa-fish-syed-anwar-maqsood-fish-trade

There is a piece of good news for hilsa fishlovers. You do not have to wait
till monsoon for this delectable fish anymore. India has started to import
hilsa fish from Myanmar and the first consignment has just landed in
Kolkata. Confirming the development, Syed Anwar Maqsood, secretary West
Bengal Fish Importers Association said "A 26 tonne container has just come
and other two containers of same tonnage are on the way. Hilsa fish is
produced in Myanmar during this time...

*Odisha: ICZMP brings eco-friendly hybrid solar drier for coastal fishers
in Odisha*
http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=48578#sthash.eCbdH8F8.dpuf

The regular scenes near the Gopalpur sea beach in Ganjam district are
slightly different these days. Fishers who are familiar in fish catching
and trading for their livelihood are undergoing a different
transformation.  Among them is M.Pollamma, a fisher woman of the nearby
nolia village is busy learning the tricks of fish drying and preservation
albeit in a different way...

*Tamil Nadu: Plea for protecting fish breeding in sea*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Plea-for-protecting-fish-breeding-in-sea/articleshow/32102553.cms

Seeking safeguarding of fish breeding in Indian Ocean, a writ petition has
been filed at the Madurai bench of the Madras high Court. Pamban-based
Island Fishermen Association's secretary A Arockiam has filed the
petition.  "The period between April 15 and May 29 is the restricted period
for fishing in the Indian Ocean as it is the fish-breeding season...

*Tamil Nadu: Talks only after Sri Lanka releases Indian fishermen says
Jayalalitha*
http://www.hirunews.lk/79688/talks-only-after-sri-lanka-releases-indian-fishermen-says-jayalalitha

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa In a letter to Prime Minister Man
Mohan Singhe said the second round of talks between the Indian and Sri
Lankan fishermen can be held on March 25th only if all the arrested Indian
fishermen and their boats are released before that date. Citing the arrest
of 74 Indian fishermen belonging to the state and Puducherry by the Sri
Lankan Navy yesterday she said it is an extremely unfortunate episode...

*Tamil Nadu: Mobile fish food stall creates waves*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/mobile-fish-food-stall-creates-waves/article5793243.ece?homepage=true

A mobile fish food stall, conceived and implemented by a group of women
from Vaiyavoor, near here, has received good patronage from food lovers in
and around District Collectorate campus. Enquiries reveal that these women,
hailing from the families involved in lake fishing and the fish trade in
and around Kancheepuram for several years, approached the Tamil Nadu State
Apex Fisheries Cooperative Federation (TAFCOFED), a unit under Tamil Nadu
Fisheries Department, for assistance with the venture...

*Puducherry: Special drive to prevent illegal transportation of liquor in
Puducherry *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/special-drive-to-prevent-illegal-transportation-of-liquor-in-puducherry/article5804504.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Election authorities and police on Tuesday launched a special drive to
prevent illegal transportation of cash and liquor through fishing boats
from here to coastal towns in neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The officials, who
boarded a mechanised boat from Thengaithittu harbour here, went a few
nautical miles in search of boats carrying liquor...

*Kerala: Fisheries Sector Issues will be highlighted in Polls*
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Fisheries-Sector-Issues-will-be-Highlighted-in-Polls/2014/03/18/article2115020.ece#.UyfPks5QrU0

Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) and the National
Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) have stated that issues concerning the fisheries
sector in all the coastal states of the country will be highlighted during
the Lok Sabha elections...

*Kerala: Kerala fishermen's killing: Italy appeals to UN to help free
marines from India*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kerala-fishermens-killing-Italy-appeals-to-UN-to-help-free-marines-from-India/articleshow/32238403.cms

Italy has appealed to the United Nations to help free its two marines who
are being tried in India for killing two Indian fishermen in 2012. "Italy
is willing to try the marines at home, but in the meantime we ask for their
freedom," said interior minister Angelino Alfano was quoted as saying by
ANSA news agency...

*Karnataka: Hyacinth chokes a pond and a tradition*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/hyacinth-chokes-a-pond-and-a-tradition/article5787615.ece

Residents want Baggundi spread over 40-acres to be developed like Pilikula.
For the first time in his several visits, 60-year-old Annappa Salian did
not getsarkari and madenji (the popular variety of fish) or turtle in
Baggundi -- the big water body -- largely invaded by hyacinth...

*Karnataka: 3 boats seized for illegal fishing near Kasaragod*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/3-boats-seized-for-illegal-fishing-near-kasaragod/article5808838.ece

The police on Wednesday took into custody three fishing boats from near the
Thalangara beach here. Alerted by local fishermen, the police took into
custody the boats and 15 fishermen, said to be from Karnataka, for engaging
in illegal fishing near the shoreline and not possessing valid documents...

*Goa: Goa has the potential to lead a 'blue revolution'*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Goa-has-the-potential-to-lead-a-blue-revolution/articleshow/32173471.cms

Moving ahead of its heavy dependence on tourism and mining, Goa should
spearhead a 'blue revolution' by maximizing its maritime economy, remarked
Uday Bhaskar, former director of the National Maritime Foundation on
Saturday. "With lessons from Gujarat's aggressive development of its
coastline and ports through a maritime board...

*Daman and Diu: Polish national sails from Daman to Vasai, fishermen alert
police*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Polish-national-sails-from-Daman-to-Vasai-fishermen-alert-police/articleshow/32372428.cms

A Polish national, undertaking a boat trip from Daman to Goa with valid
papers, created a scare among local fishermen off Vasai on Wednesday.  The
Vasaigaon police reached the Vasai Port where the boat was anchored and
found the passport, tourist visa and other documents in order. Eugeniusz
Reket (52) sailed from Daman before arriving at Vasai on Wednesday
afternoon...

*Maharashtra: I am waiting for tourism to happen here. I will raise the
prices of my fish, says Sindhudurg fisherman  *
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Blooming-across-the-border/articleshow/32174501.cms

"We came here to relax and be by ourselves," says Valerie Orlov of Moscow,
as she walks through the narrow, sandy pathways at Shiroda beach in
Sindhudurg. "We love Goa, but sadly, it's getting too congested and
crowded." Her Russian friends, walking alongside her, nod in agreement...

*Maharashtra: HC orders ban on reclamation of wetlands in state*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/HC-orders-ban-on-reclamation-of-wetlands-in-state/articleshow/32332014.cms

The Bombay high court on Wednesday ordered a total ban on reclamation and
construction on wetlands in Maharashtra and called for prompt action
against violations. Any land adjoining a water body, which gives a distinct
eco-system, is a wetland--it could be coastal or inland and include
mangroves, marshes and swamps...

*India: CIFT says its fuel-efficient propellers getting popular*
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/cift-says-its-fuel-efficient-propellers-getting-popular-114031600159_1.html

The Central Institute of Fisheries Technology has said that it is getting
more business enquiries for its indigenously-developed fishing boat
propellers, which it claims help in saving diesel.  "The technology is
being successfully adopted by two entrepreneurs in the state at present.
The CIFT is getting queries from various parts of the country...

*India: Asian shrimp exporters gain benefit from ASEAN standards*
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=14&id=67128&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=

Given the confusion caused by the wide range of certification standards in
existence, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) shrimp
producers and exporters agreed to establish a set of common standards for
their shrimp. This decision, taken at a meeting held in Thailand in
December 2013, was supported by representatives from ASEAN members after
discussing issues such as the fact that different certificates lead...

*India: Taiwan fishermen to use armed guards against pirates in Indian
Ocean*
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140318/taiwan-fishermen-use-armed-guards-against-pirates-indi

Taiwan-registered fishing vessels operating in the pirated-infested waters
of the Indian Ocean have obtained permission to hire armed guards on board,
the island's fisheries authorities said Tuesday. The Fisheries Agency told
Kyodo News the agency has approved applications of some 20 fishing boats
operating in waters considered "threatened by piracy or illegal use of
force" to hire private armed escorts to counter piracy...

*Pakistan: Pakistan summons Indian envoy to protest arrest of fishermen *
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/392744/pak-summons-indian-envoy-protest.html

The Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Pakistan, Gopal Baglay, was summoned
by the Pakistan Foreign Ministry on Monday to lodge a protest over the
arrest of 13 Pakistani fishermen on March 15. According to Pakistan's
Fishermen Cooperative Society, the fishermen, along with their boat, were
well within Pakistan territorial waters at Khajar Creek when they were
captured, said a statement released by the Foreign Office...

*Bangladesh: Lifting of hilsa ban depends on meeting local demand*
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2014/03/19/24307

Fisheries and Livestock Minister M Sayedul Haq Tuesday said the ban on
hilsa export will be lifted only when the local demand is met, reports UNB.
The minister said this when he was asked to clear government's position
about the proposal from India to lift the ban on hilsa export by
Bangladesh...

*Sri Lanka: Joint Venture Project sees Launch of Barramundi Farm in Sri
Lanka*
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/22742/joint-venture-project-sees-launch-of-barramundi-farm-in-sri-lanka#sthash.DvadESWI.dpuf

A joint venture project between Sri Lankan company Oceanpick and Kames Fish
Farming Ltd of Scotland has seen the launch of the first marine fish farm
in Sri Lanka. Using Fusion Marine polyethylene two-ring circular pens, the
new farm has been stocked with the first barramundi juveniles with plans to
diversify into other species in the future...

*Maldives: Huge support" for halal certification, says Islamic Ministry*
http://minivannews.com/society/huge-support-for-halal-certification-says-islamic-ministry-79851

The Ministry of Islamic Affairs' has claimed that the new halal
certification program for local fish products is receiving "huge support"
from local fish processing companies, the ministry has said yesterday.
Denying reports published in local news outlet Haveeru of a lack of support
for the programme , the ministry said that issuing halal certificates for
five different products from 'Felivaru' company is in it's final stages...

*Myanmar: For the love of the lake*
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/magazine-cover-story-burma/love-lake.html

Gazing out over the vast expanse of Inle Lake, Daw Yin Myo Su remembers the
good old days for Myanmar's second-largest body of fresh water, which is
surrounded by misty mountaintops in her native southern Shan State. As a
child she paddled across the lake to visit relatives who, like the other
ethnic Intha families that live in the area, resided in wooden houses
perched on stilts over the water...

*Myanmar: Free the seafood slaves*
http://newint.org/blog/2014/03/11/thai-fishing-industry-labour-abuses/

If you buy shrimps, tuna or other seafood produced in Thailand, there's a
good chance that they could be tainted by the sweat and labour of
trafficked workers, often in conditions akin to slavery. And chances are,
if you eat fish, you will have bought some that originated in Thailand...

*India: NFF Press release: Second death anniversary of Fisher Leader,
Matanhy Saldanha 1948 - 2012*
Source: NFF

The second death anniversary of our NFF founder leader (Late) Mathany
Saldanha is to be observed in our NFF administrative office at Pondicherry,
tomorrow at 21st March 2014. The chairperson of NFF Mr. M. Ilango and other
office bearers of Pondicherry Fishworkers' Forum (PFF) will observe the
death anniversary by flowered tributes to the portrait of (late) Mathany
Saldanha unveiled in NFF office. The Pondicherry Fishworkers' Forum is to
feed the inmates of the mentally retarded home at St. Therese Street,
Pondicherry run by The Missionaries of Charity founded by the Nobel
Laureate Mother Theresa.

The distribution of the morning food to the inmates of the mentally
retarded home will be followed by a prayer by the inmates in memory of
(late) Mathany Saldanha in which the office bearers of Pondicherry
Fishworkers' Forum and other dignitaries also participate.

M. Ilango,  Chairperson, NFF.






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