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Please find below web links of  ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 11 March to 15 March 2013.<br>
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<b><br>
Manipur: Loktak is our inherited property: Fishermen</b><br>
<a href="http://www.hueiyenlanpao.com/headlines/item/8349-loktak-is-our-inherited-property-fishermen">http://www.hueiyenlanpao.com/headlines/item/8349-loktak-is-our-inherited-property-fishermen</a><br>
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On the second day of its week-long observance of International River Day being
organised by the Committee of International River Day Celebration Week-2013
(comprising CPNRM, MDAVO, CCDD, ALLFU, JACAP HYCAR, NWU, CRA and JAC CMP) along
with All Loktak Lake Areas Fishermen’s Union (ALLAFU) and Committee on Natural
Resources Protection in Manipur (CNRPM), a ‘community meeting on protection of
Loktak Lake and to stop eviction of fishermen was held at Thanga island in
Bishnupur district on Wednesday...<br>
<b><br>
Gujarat: Coast Guard alert for Gujarat fishermen</b><br>
<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-13/vadodara/37682426_1_pakistan-maritime-security-agency-pmsa-indian-fishermen">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-13/vadodara/37682426_1_pakistan-maritime-security-agency-pmsa-indian-fishermen</a><br>

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Ahmadabad: The Indian Coast Guard has alerted the Commissioner of Fisheries,
Government of Gujarat of the possibility of Indian fishermen being apprehended
by a marauding Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) from near the
International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) of the Kutch coast...<br>
<br>
<i>See also: <br>
</i></span><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
17 Indian fishermen detained by Pakistani marine agency</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
 <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/17-indian-fishermen-detained-by-pakistani-marine-agency/378659-3.html">http://ibnlive.in.com/news/17-indian-fishermen-detained-by-pakistani-marine-agency/378659-3.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>

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Maharashtra: Bombay duck is dying. Blame fishing, warming </b><br>
<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/flora-fauna/37580464_1_bombay-duck-fish-stocks-species">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/flora-fauna/37580464_1_bombay-duck-fish-stocks-species</a><br>

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Mumbai: Overfishing together with climate change is altering the kind and
amount of fish found on the Maharashtra coast. Indiscriminate, excess fishing
has significantly reduced the catch of local favourites, like Bombay duck and
pomfret, over the past decade, with the drop being up to 55% in some species,
according to new data from the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
(CMFRI)...<br>
<b><br>
Goa: Keri battles for survival </b><br>
<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Keri-battles-for-survival/articleshow/18919462.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Keri-battles-for-survival/articleshow/18919462.cms</a><br>
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Known for its white sands and the Tiracol fort, Keri-Tiracol, the northernmost
panchayat of the state, is explored by tourists wishing to know a typical Goan
village at leisure. The beach here is still pristine, but together with the
entire Keri village, it is battling for survival. Quoting from lore, elders say
the village was created by land filling in the River Tiracol, and that's
probably why the entire soil in the village is sandy...<br>
<b><br>
Kerala: Supreme Court issues notice to Italian envoy, marines</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-italian-envoy-marines/article4508717.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-italian-envoy-marines/article4508717.ece</a><br>

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Vahanvati tells Bench note verbale is a breach of undertaking given to
court.The Supreme Court on Thursday took a serious view of Italy’s breach of
undertaking and restrained Ambassador Daniele Mancini from leaving the country
without its permission. A Bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices
Anil R. Dave and Vikramajit Sen issued notice to the Ambassador and two marines
returnable on March 18 on an application from the Union of India bringing on
record the note verbale sent by Italy informing it that the marines would not
be sent back to India to face trial for the shooting incident off the Kerala
coast in which two fishermen were killed in February 2012...<br>
<br>
See also: <br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
<b>Kerala: A wave of Italian conceit </b></span></i></p>

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violating UN convention</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></i></p>

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Kerala: Kochi Corporation ‘permitted’ coastal zone violations by realtors</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/kochi-corporation-permitted-coastal-zone-violations-by-realtors/article4507121.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/kochi-corporation-permitted-coastal-zone-violations-by-realtors/article4507121.ece</a><br>

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The Kochi Corporation issued building permits for 10 high-rises on the banks of
the Chilavannur lake between 2003 and 2008 without seeking the coastal
regulation zone (CRZ) clearance from the Kerala State Coastal Zone Management
Authority (KSCZMA). The Corporation admitted to this violation in a response to
a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by The Hindu. The Chilavannur
backwater is part of the Vembanad lake, which is listed as a Ramsar site...<br>
<br>
<b>Puducherrry: Stranded on road, they are like fish out of water </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/stranded-on-road-they-are-like-fish-out-of-water/article4501682.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/stranded-on-road-they-are-like-fish-out-of-water/article4501682.ece</a><br>

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Fisherwomen have no place to sell due to delay in the opening of Senji Salai
fish market. Anyone who had driven down Senji Salai would have noticed a group
of fisherwomen sitting beside makeshift wooden platforms and selling their
wares. These women have been using their current location waiting for the
completion of the Fish Market building...<br>
<br>
<b>Tamil Nadu: CM approves four fishing harbours</b><br>
<a href="http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=9&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOICH&mydateHid=14-03-2013&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Chennai&edname=&articleid=Ar00903&publabel=TOI">http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=9&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOICH&mydateHid=14-03-2013&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Chennai&edname=&articleid=Ar00903&publabel=TOI</a><br>

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Chennai: Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday accorded administrative
sanction for setting up a fishing harbour at Poompuhar for promoting deep-sea
fishing at an estimated cost of Rs 78.50 crore. An official release stated that
she has allotted Rs 6.67crore for starting work on the project. This initiative
from the government would greatly benefit the fishermen living in Poompuhar and
surrounding areas...<br>
<br>
<b>Tamil Nadu: Fishermen mass stage anti-Kudankulam plant protest by land ...
and sea </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/fishermen-mass-stage-antikudankulam-plant-protest-by-land-and-sea/article4498833.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/fishermen-mass-stage-antikudankulam-plant-protest-by-land-and-sea/article4498833.ece</a><br>

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Around 8,000 fishermen in around 600 fibreglass boats are staging a sea protest
on Monday against the construction of two 1,000 MW nuclear power plant at the
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said an activist.Speaking to IANS over
phone, one of the leaders of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy
(PMANE) said: “Fishermen from several villages, numbering around 8,000, are
protesting against the nuclear power plant. They are on around 600 fibre
boats...<br>
<b><br>
Andhra Pradesh: Fisheries Board to fund three modern fish markets in city</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/fisheries-board-to-fund-three-modern-fish-markets-in-city/article4509488.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/fisheries-board-to-fund-three-modern-fish-markets-in-city/article4509488.ece</a><br>

<br>
They will come up at Kukatpally, Nacharam and Begum Bazar. The messy fish
markets being housed near dilapidated buildings will soon be a thing of the
past with the government giving the go ahead to the GHMC for taking up
construction of three wholesale and modern fish markets in the twin cities...<br>
<br>
See also:<br>
<br>
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Andhra Pradesh: Major units put their plans on hold at Vizag
pharma city, 500 fishermen and about 1,600 villagers, lost their lands in
acquisition <br>
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/major-units-put-their-plans-on-hold-at-vizag-pharma-city-113031100596_1.html">http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/major-units-put-their-plans-on-hold-at-vizag-pharma-city-113031100596_1.html</a><b><br>

<br>
Andhra Pradesh: Move to support livelihood of fishermen through SHGs </b></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/move-to-support-livelihood-of-fishermen-through-shgs/article4473987.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/move-to-support-livelihood-of-fishermen-through-shgs/article4473987.ece</a></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>

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West Bengal: Small fish, big net: In the face of a rising demand for fish and a
stagnating aquaculture growth, government wakes up to the potential of small
fishery </b><br>
<a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/small-fish-big-net">http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/small-fish-big-net</a><br>
<br>
At a rural market, fishers selling tiny fish in small baskets cannot escape the
curious eye. Often ignored as “trash” or “miscellaneous” by the formal fishery
sector, small fish is a delicacy rural people line up for. A loving husband
would never miss the chance to give his expecting wife a meal full of
nutritious small fish. A mother would always pursue her children to have them
for good eyesight...<br>
<b><br>
India: Street Vendors Bill will be passed in current session: Maken </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/street-vendors-bill-will-be-passed-in-current-session-maken/article4506702.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/street-vendors-bill-will-be-passed-in-current-session-maken/article4506702.ece</a><br>

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Asks municipal bodies to halt vendor eviction drives. Union Minister of Housing
and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken on Wednesday said the much-awaited
Street Vendors (Livelihood Protection and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill
will be passed in the current session of Parliament. He was speaking at the
street vendors’ Parliament, organised by the National Association of Street
Vendors of India (NASVI), at Jantar Mantar here to press for the enactment of
the Bill and to protest against incidents of abuse by municipal authorities and
the police...<br>
<br>
<b>India: Separate ministry for fishermen assured </b><br>
<a href="http://www.netindia123.com/netindia/showdetails.asp?id=2169049&n_date=20130308&cat=India">http://www.netindia123.com/netindia/showdetails.asp?id=2169049&n_date=20130308&cat=India</a><br>
<br>
UPA Chairperson and AICC President Mrs Sonia Gandhi had assured steps to set up
a seperate ministry for fishermen, General Secretary of National Fish Workers
Forum M Illango said today. In a statement here, Mr Illango, who is taking part
in a dharna in front of Parliament from March 4 to 8 to press for the demands
of NFF, including the setting up of a seperate ministry said an N F F
delegation called on Mrs.Gandhi yesterday and apprised their demands...<br>
<br>
See also: <br>
<br>
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">India should snap ties with Italy: NFF<br>
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/2013/newsDetails130313k.php">http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/2013/newsDetails130313k.php</a></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>

<b><br>
India: Melting Arctic opens avenues for India: The country eyes the region's
huge mineral deposits</b><br>
<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/melting-arctic-opens-avenues-for-india-113031300016_1.html">http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/melting-arctic-opens-avenues-for-india-113031300016_1.html</a><br>

<br>
"We do not know what is happening to the temperatures in the Arctic
region," Torgeir Larsen, Norway's state secretary in the foreign affairs
ministry said at an Arctic Summit, organised in Norwegian capital by The
Economist, today. Much of the summit concerns relate to the discovery of new
shipping routes, which could drastically reduce the distance from Europe to
East Asia, with rapid meltdown of sea ice...<br>
<b><br>
Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan Navy arrests 53 Indian fishermen</b><br>
<a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130314/news-current-affairs/article/sri-lankan-navy-arrests-53-indian-fishermen">http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130314/news-current-affairs/article/sri-lankan-navy-arrests-53-indian-fishermen</a><br>

<br>
Colombo: Sri Lankan navy on Thursday arrested 34 Indian fishermen for allegedly
entering its waters illegally, taking the total number of Indians captured in the
last 24 hours to 53. India had summoned  Lanka's deputy high commissioner
and told to treat the arrested men in a humane manner. Government also advised
the Sri Lanka to release the arrested fishermen...<br>
<br>
<b>Myanmar Fish Farms Suffer as Hot Weather Continues </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/19631/myanmar-fish-farms-suffer-as-hot-weather-continues">http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/19631/myanmar-fish-farms-suffer-as-hot-weather-continues</a><br>
<br>
Myanmar - Fish farms in Myanmar are suffering due to unusual hot weather and
parasites for this time of year. The hot weather has caused many pond to dry up
and has reduced oxygen levels in the water. While fish farmers normally wait to
harvest their fish until monsoon season from June until October, they are
harvesting their fish now in fear that they will die from the heat or
parasites, reports the MyanmarTimes...<br>
<br>
<b>Maldives: Shark trade regulation passes vote during CITES meeting </b><br>
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/shark-fin-trade-regulation-cites_n_2852769.html?utm_hp_ref=green">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/shark-fin-trade-regulation-cites_n_2852769.html?utm_hp_ref=green</a><br>

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Bangkok -- Conservationists at a global wildlife conference on Monday voted to
regulate the trade of shark species that have been threatened because their
fins are used to make expensive delicacies in Asia. Delegates at the triennial
meeting in Bangkok of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna adopted the proposals to put the oceanic whitetip,
hammerhead and porbeagle sharks on a list of species whose trade is closely
controlled...<br>
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