[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 28 April 2014 to 02 May 2014

Lun Mayo 5 02:03:09 PDT 2014

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 *Weekly News Alert*

*28 April 2014 to 02 May 2014*

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Dear Subscriber,

Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert with attachment
from 28 April 2014 to 02 May 2014.

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*Himachal Pradesh: Cooperative banks agree to finance women SHGs*
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/cooperative-banks-agree-to-finance-women-shgs-114042401033_1.html

All cooperative banks have agreed to participate in National Rural
Livelihood Mission where women self help groups (SHGs) will get subsidised
loan on the pattern of commercial banks, state government said today.  The
banks in the state were performing well and surpassed the targeted budget
by disbursing a fresh credit of Rs 9,265 crore for various activities upto
December, 2013, Principal Secretary (Finance) Shrikant Baldi said at a
bankers meeting here...

*Madhya Pradesh: Death of fish in Sirpur Lake: Officials blame it on heat *
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/34305166.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

A day after death of fish in Sirpur Lake, Indore Municipal Corporation
(IMC) swung into action and got in touch with fisheries department to find
out possible solution to the problem. Residents of the area blame the
garbage spread over surface of lake water as one of the major reasons for
death of fishes, while civic officials tried to downplay the matter as
normal phenomena of summer...

*West Bengal: FIFI hails decision on opening Coast Guard station*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/fifi-hails-decision-on-opening-coast-guard-station/article5953420.ece

Federation of Indian Fishery Industries (FIFI) has described as a big
victory for the trawler owners in convincing the Centre to open Indian
Coast Guard (ICG) station at Frazerganj in South 24 Parganas district in
West Bengal for better coastal security...

*Odisha: New fisheries policy to augment fish production, offer incentives *
http://odishasuntimes.com/49660/new-fisheries-policy-augment-production-offer-host-incentives/

The Odisha government is ready with a comprehensive fisheries policy aimed
at bridging the gap between the demand and supply of fish for domestic
consumption and encouraging public private partnership (PPP) to raise the
production capacity in the fishery sector...

*Odisha: Odisha is being awarded as the leading State in respect of
fishermen insurance in India *
http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=49571#sthash.2cPN4d9Q.dpuf

Odisha is being awarded as the leading State in respect of fishermen
insurance in the entire country in last five years. Out of the 12 lakh
fishermen in Odisha, 11 lakh have been insured under the Group Accident
Insurance Scheme (GAIS), which is highest for any State...

*Andhra Pradesh: Fisheries Dept Takes Up Experimental Project On Exotic
Fish*
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Fisheries-Dept-Takes-Up-Experimental-Project-On-Exotic-Fish/2014/04/28/article2193555.ece

Farmers interested in rearing fish with good commercial value will have to
wait for another eight to ten months for the availability of Pangasius
sutchi. The Department of Fisheries has taken up an experimental project of
rearing Pangasius sutchi in the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS)reservoir...

*Tamil Nadu: Work begins on additional wharfs in Kasimedu harbour*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/work-begins-on-additional-wharfs-in-kasimedu-harbour/article5953972.ece

The new facilities will provide safe anchorage for another 630 boats. Work
to construct additional wharfs and four finger jetties at a cost of Rs. 75
crore began at the Kasimedu fishing harbour on Thursday. Sources in the
fisheries department said that the additional facilities will allow safe
anchorage for another 630 boats...

*Tamil Nadu: Fasting fisherwomen urge Collector to drop cases*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/fasting-fisherwomen-urge-collector-to-drop-cases/article5962391.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Earlier, they tried to meet the Chief Minister N. Rangasamy. The
Veerampattinam fisherwomen who started an indefinite hunger strike on
Monday have now submitted a memorandum to the District Collector, urging
that the cases against the 40 people from the village be dropped...

*Kerala: Fishermen Stage Protest *
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Fishermen-Stage-Protest/2014/04/30/article2196820.ece

Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) and National
Fishworkers Forum (NFF) staged an agitation in front of Secretariat on
Tuesday to protest against the government move to amend the Coastal
Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms...

*Karnataka: New wharf to edge out traditional boats*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/new-wharf-to-edge-out-traditional-boats/article5950667.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Master plan being implemented considers only boats that are 10m or longer.
The construction of a wharf at Thota Bengre, as part of the grand plans to
expand the fishing harbour at Bunder, has enthused hundreds of mechanised
boat owners. But numerous traditional boat owners are upset...

*Goa: Govt begins probe into shellfish mortality along Sal*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Govt-begins-probe-into-shellfish-mortality-along-Sal/articleshow/34344090.cms

Following complaints by fishermen and the Velim panchayat over the
mortality of shellfish in the catchment area of River Sal along Velim,
Betul and Cutbona, the government on Monday launched an investigation to
determine the cause. National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is being
approached to conduct an in-depth study and to submit a report on the
matter...

*Maharashtra: Bombay High Court ultimatum to Cidco to protect mangroves*
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-bombay-high-court-ultimatum-to-cidco-to-protect-mangroves-1983423

Coming to the rescue of mangroves and surrounding wetlands in neighbouring
Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has directed the state government and
Cidco to stop dumping debris on wetlands. The HC has also asked them to
initiate civil and criminal action against people who were responsible for
damaging the ecosystem...

*India: Oceans Summit calls for action against overfishing, pollution*
http://www.indileak.com/oceans-summit-calls-for-action-against-overfishing-pollution/

On the fourth and final day of the Global Oceans Action Summit here on
Friday, the delegates agreed that action on a global scale is needed to
tackle overfishing, climate change and pollution of the oceans. Global
leaders, ocean practitioners, scientists, and representatives from
government, business, civil society and international organisations from
around 80 countries and regions came together to discuss solutions for a
cleaner ocean and food security from April 22-25 in The Hague, Xinhua
reported...

*Bangladesh: Government imposes ban on shallow fishing in Bay *
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/apr/26/government-imposes-ban-shallow-fishing-bay#sthash.lu0h29sM.dpuf

The Fisheries and Livestock Ministry on Thursday issued a gazette
notification in this regard. The government has imposed a ban on fishing in
the Bay of Bengal where water level is less than 40 metres, aiming to
protect fish resources. The decision was made at an inter-ministerial
meeting held on April 20 with Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sayedul
Haque in the chair...

*Pakistan: Illegal netting dwindles export of quality fish*
http://www.nation.com.pk/national/28-Apr-2014/illegal-netting-dwindles-export-of-quality-fish

With fishermen using Mash net for fishing at Balochistan coast, the illegal
netting has dwindled export of quality fish. This was pointed out during a
roundtable conference held in Gwadar the other day on the topic of ‘Issues
in Fisheries and Coastal Area Development in Balochistan’ organised by
Chief Minister’s Policy Reform Unit, Strengthening Participatory Federalism
and Decentralization Project UNDP in collaboration with Fisheries
Department Government of Balochistan...

*Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan fishermen societies in Mannar instructed to provide
information on members to Navy*
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_14A/Apr25_1398430632JV.php

Fishermen in Mannar say that the fishermen's associations in the area have
received instructions to provide information about their members to the Sri
Lanka Navy. The Mannar Fisheries Cooperative Society says fisheries
authorities in the district had instructed all societies to provide
information of its members to the Navy...

*Myanmar: Migrant fishing worker documentation ‘hampered’ *
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/406825/migrant-fishing-worker-documentation-hampered

Efforts to register undocumented migrant workers in the fishing industry
have yielded few results due to prohibitive and inflexible health insurance
fees, insiders say. The Provincial Labour Coordination Centre for Sea
Fishery Workers, a one-stop registration service set up to help prevent and
combat trafficking in the fishery industry, was established in August last
year...

*Maldives: Sri Lanka and Maldives agree to strengthen co-operation in
fisheries sector*
http://www.asiantribune.com/node/79341

Sri Lanka and Maldives have agreed to enhance bilateral co-operation
following the successful completion of the official visit to Sri Lanka by
Maldivian Foreign Minister (Ms.) Dunya Maumoon at the invitation of
Minister of External Affairs of Sri Lanka (Prof.) G.L. Peiris...

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