[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 26 May 2014 to 30 May 2014

Mar Jun 3 03:47:58 PDT 2014

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 *Weekly News Alert*

*26 May 2014 to 30 May 2014*
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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert with attachment
from  26 May 2014 to 30 May 2014.

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*Jammu and Kashmir: Water Tiger: Kashmir Loses Mahseer, Its Pride Fish*
http://freepresskashmir.com/water-tiger-kashmir-loses-mahseer-its-pride-fish-063928/

The Mahseer, known among Kashmiri anglers as “tiger in the water”, all but
vanished after Pakistan constructed a dam in the late 1960s that stopped
the fish from migrating to India. Earlier conservationists said they were
breeding the Mahseer and hope to release them in rivers in Kashmir. The
programme which was the result of a peace process between India and
Pakistan that has led to a drop in violence in the region, failed
bitterly...

*Assam: Ban on fishing in Lakhimpur dist*
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2614/state05

The Lakhimpur district authority has imposed restrictions on fishing and
killing fishes in this breeding season for saving the fish progeny, an
officialorder of the Additional District Magistrate GK Pegu stated. The ban
has been clamped under Section 144 of the CrPC with effect from May 22 to
July 15, 2014...

*Gujarat: India releases 32 Pak fishermen*
http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/india-releases-32-pak-fishermen_935568.html

 Reciprocating Pakistan's gesture, India on Wednesday released 32 Pakistani
fishermen lodged in Kutch district and they were already on their way to
Wagah border in Punjab to return to their country. "These 32 fishermen from
Pakistan have been in Joint Interrogation Centre for almost six months...

*Maharashtra: NGT directs JNPT, ONGC to deposit Rs 30 crore in four weeks*
http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ngt-directs-jnpt-ongc-to-deposit-rs-30-crore-in-four-weeks-114052901478_1.html

The National Green Tribunal has directed Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)
and ONGC to deposit Rs 30 crore in an escrow account with the Raigad's
collector in Maharashtra for disbursing it as compensation among fishermen
displaced due to expansion activities...

Goa: Have separate ministry for fishermen's welfare: GRE
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Have-separate-ministry-for-fishermens-welfare-GRE/articleshow/35612501.cms

Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) has urged the BJP government to carve
out a separate ministry for fisheries and fishermen's welfare to redress
the long-pending grievances of the fishermen community...

*Karnataka: Fish still unaffordable for many as prices soar*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mangalore/Fish-still-unaffordable-for-many-as-prices-soar/articleshow/35555025.cms

With inclement weather affecting the coast for the past fortnight, the
prices of fish, especially premium fish, have headed north. Seer (whole),
which used to retail at Rs 650 per kilogram, has touched Rs 750 to Rs 800
and seer fillets will cost close to Rs 1,000...

*Kerala: Sea safety course for fishermen proposed*
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140528/nation-current-affairs/article/sea-safety-course-fishermen-proposed

 The K.A. Sairabanu committee has proposed that all fishermen undergo a sea
safety and navigation course for three days. All fishing vessels should
also have radio communication facilities. The committee also wanted the
mesh size of nets to be regulated...

*Puducherry: Fishing equipment gutted in Puducherry*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/fishing-equipment-gutted-in-puducherry/article6051446.ece

Tension prevailed in Nallavadu village after fishing net and equipment
worth about Rs. 30 lakh and a government building where they were stocked
were extensively damaged in a fire in the wee hours of Monday. With the
45-day trawling ban in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coming to an end on May
30, fishermen had repaired and kept their nets ready for the next season...

*Tamil Nadu: Meen' Madness Set to Return at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour *
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Meen-Madness-Set-to-Return-at-Kasimedu-Fishing-Harbour/2014/05/29/article2250843.ece1

Kasimedu Fishing Harbour, which has been fairly desolate over the course of
 the annual fishing ban — between the intervening night of April 14 and 15
and until midnight on May 29 — will soon return to its former bustling
state as the fisherfolk wait eagerly to venture out into the sea...

*Tamil Nadu: Fisherman killed by pirates to be buried today*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Madurai/Fisherman-killed-by-pirates-to-be-buried-today/articleshow/35699936.cms

The body of Thomas Gildus, 47, who was shot dead by pirates in Bahrain
waters, arrived at his native village Rajakkamangalamthurai in Kanyakumari
district late on Wednesday night. The body was flown to Trivandrum airport
and brought to Rajakkamangalamthruai by road. The funeral mass has been
scheduled for Thursday morning at Arockia Annai Church in
Rajakkamangalamthurai, said Sahaya Leemarose, a relative of Thomas...

*Andhra Pradesh: Fishing industry looksfor bailout package*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/fishing-industry-looksfor-bailout-package/article6046448.ece

Hopes the new government would come to its rescue. With the seafood
industry finding itself in troubled waters due to a variety of reasons, the
exporters and trawler operators are baying for a bailout package from the
new government at the Centre. Achieving the export target of $15 billion by
2015 turning into a Herculean task, the industry is looking at a booster
dose with a slew of incentives...

*Odisha: Odisha seafood exports show a surge *
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=29&id=68822&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=

Seafood exports from Odisha state have shown an impressive surge due to the
increase in international demand for Indian shrimp and the weakening of
Indian rupee. Seafood export value from the State rose from INR 9,500
million (USD 161 million) in the fiscal year 2012-13 to INR 18,000 million
(USD 306 million) in 2013-14 (1 April 2013-31 March 2014), representing an
increase of more than 105 per cent...

*India: ASEAN: A House Divided*
http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinion/ASEAN-A-House-Divided/2014/05/28/article2249042.ece

China has recently installed a $1 billion oil exploration rig in South
China Sea. Vietnam naturally reacted vehemently; Hanoi even expelled ethnic
Chinese working in Vietnam for anti-Vietnam activities. The Philippines,
which also has territorial claims in the South China Sea, expressed its
resentment a few days ago over Chinese moves to reclaim land around Johnson
South Reef of the Spratly Islands, possibly to build an airstrip...

*India: Submit wetland plan: National Green Tribunal*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Submit-wetland-plan-National-Green-Tribunal/articleshow/35695717.cms

 The National Green Tribunal has directed the ministry of environment and
forests and the Delhi government to identify and assess the status of
wetlands in the capital. It has also directed them to submit a plan for
conservation and management of the wetlands...

*Sri Lanka: Ministry Warns Fishermen*
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2014/05/25/ministry-warns-fishermen/

The Ministry of Fisheries has decided to charge Sri Lankan fishermen who
violate international maritime laws and cross into Indian waters with a
fine of Rs 1.5 million plus two years imprisonment, said Secretary to the
Ministry of Fisheries Dr. D.M.R. Dissanayake...

*Sri lanka: Abandoned widows in Sri Lanka get back on their feet through
solidarity*
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Abandoned-widows-in-Sri-Lanka-get-back-on-their-feet-through-solidarity-31216.html

Thanks to an initiative by the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement
(NAFSO) in Negombo (Western Province), a group of women were given tools to
earn a living: fishing rods, sewing and baking machines, and more. All were
internal displaced, widowed by war or the tsunami or abandoned by their
husbands...

*Pakistan: Fisheries sector is an important source of export earnings for
the country*
http://paktribune.com/news/Importance-of-fisheries-By-Ahsan-269331.html

The fisheries sector is an important source of export earnings for the
country. The sector is, however, facing difficulties for the past few years
due to the issue of non-compliance with the Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Standards (SPS). This situation has led to the imposition of frequent bans
on Pakistan's fish exports to the European Union (EU), which is an
important market...

*Bangladesh: Shrimp Farming; Recipe for Disaster*
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/blog/shrimp-farming-recipe-for-disaster/

In my last post I was talking about one of the world’s most destructive
fishing methods; bottom trawling for shrimp. This is the way most wild
shrimp are caught and it has created an environmental disaster in terms of
destruction of the seabed and what lives there. Bottom trawling has to end
if we are to have sustainable fisheries in the future...

*Bangladesh: Hilsa selling centres of Barisal busy again *
http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/aug/26/hilsa-selling-centres-barisal-busy-again

Hilsa selling centres of Barisal district have become busy again with the
start of the monsoon season. Fishermen started netting Hilsa after an
interval of around three months. Traders demanded that export of Hilsa be
resumed soon...

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