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Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Fast erosion of the coastal area poses threat to
the villages-MP expresses concern</b><br>
<a href="http://www.andamansheekha.com/2013/08/14/fast-erosion-of-the-coastal-area-poses-threat-to-the-villages-mp-expresses-concern/">http://www.andamansheekha.com/2013/08/14/fast-erosion-of-the-coastal-area-poses-threat-to-the-villages-mp-expresses-concern/</a><br>
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The turbulent strong sea waves have been eroding the long belt of the coastal
areas at many locations in Car Nicobar for the last many years. Now the
situation has worsened and become alarming. The Member of Parliament Shri
Bishnu Pada Ray in his recent visit to this Island found that the fast erosion
of the coastal land is posing threat to the nearby coastal villages...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bihar: China has cleared three dam projects on
Brahmaputra mainstream: Govt</b><br>
<a href="http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-12/news/41332999_1_brahmaputra-established-user-rights-downstream-states">http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-12/news/41332999_1_brahmaputra-established-user-rights-downstream-states</a><br>
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China has cleared three dam projects on Brahmaputra mainstream in Tibet,
government said on Monday. "The recently released 'Outline of the 12th
Five year plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's
Republic of China' indicates that three dam projects on the main stream of the
Brahmaputra river in Tibet Autonomous Region have been approved for
implementation by Chinese authorities," minister of water resources Harish
Rawat said...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Assam: Rajya Sabha passes Bill to declare Assam river as National Waterway</b><br>
<a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rajya-sabha-passes-bill-to-declare-assam-river-as-national-waterway/articleshow/21821926.cms">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rajya-sabha-passes-bill-to-declare-assam-river-as-national-waterway/articleshow/21821926.cms</a><br>
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Rajya Sabha passed a bill to declare the 121-km stretch of Barak river in Assam
as National Waterway, a move aimed at unified development of waterways for
shipping, navigation and transportation of cargo to the north-eastern region...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Odisha: Odisha gets ready for ICZM phase-11 projects</b><br>
<a href="http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=43151">http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=43151</a><br></span>
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With strategic and encouraging interventions of Phase-I, Odisha has been chosen
for Phase-II of ICZM ( Integrated Coastal Zone Management) projects by Ministry
of Forest & Environment , Govt. of India. A high level meeting for
preparation of Phase –II project proposal was held today under the Chairmanship
of Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra in secretariat conference hall
wherein Project Director, ICZM Odisha...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Andhra Pradesh: Adrift in a sea of poverty </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/adrift-in-a-sea-of-poverty/article5015984.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/adrift-in-a-sea-of-poverty/article5015984.ece</a><br></span>
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Women fish vendors in coastal Andhra Pradesh struggle to make ends meet. Fish
vendors Olisetty Poleramma and Pilla Muthyamma, live in Peda Jalaripetta, a
large fishing settlement that lies on one flank of Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh’s second largest city...<br></span>
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Tamil Nadu and Kerala: Green Tribunal bans beach sand mining in coastal States</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/green-tribunal-bans-beach-sand-mining-in-coastal-states/article5024720.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/green-tribunal-bans-beach-sand-mining-in-coastal-states/article5024720.ece</a><br>
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Chief Secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Kerala asked to file report. The National
Green Tribunal has decided to set up an expert committee to carry out orders it
may pass in future and to prepare a comprehensive report on illegal sand
mining. The committee will carry out comprehensive zoning and mapping to
delineate areas where mining could be permitted and to what extent...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Kerala: Mother of three takes on mining mafia to save Kannur beaches </b><br>
<a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kerala-mother-of-three-takes-on-mining-mafia-to-save-kannur-beaches/412986-62-126.html">http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kerala-mother-of-three-takes-on-mining-mafia-to-save-kannur-beaches/412986-62-126.html</a><br>
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Thiruvananthapuram: It was not just IAS officers who were taking on mining
mafia, now a mother of three has been taking on the mining mafia in Kerala to
save the beaches of her hometown in Kannur. As the entire nation has been busy
celebrating Eid, a Muslim woman with her three children was protesting at the
government secretariat to stop illegal sand minning in Kannur...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Karnataka: Migratory fishermen in Hassan in dire straits  </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/migratory-fishermen-in-hassan-in-dire-straits/article5008031.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/migratory-fishermen-in-hassan-in-dire-straits/article5008031.ece</a><br>
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Their earnings dwindle after federation gets fishing licence Families of the
migratory fishermen’s community (burude bestaru) in parts of Hassan and Alur
taluks, who are dependent on the Hemavati reservoir for their livelihood, are
in dire straits. Fishing in the reservoir has been granted to a cooperative
federation and their earnings have dwindled drastically...<br></span>
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Goa: Stinking fish market irks Mandrem locals</b><br>
<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-12/goa/41332108_1_mandrem-locals-mandrem-panchayat-fish-market">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-12/goa/41332108_1_mandrem-locals-mandrem-panchayat-fish-market</a><br>
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Lack of hygiene and basic facilities at the congested Mandrem fish market is
haunting the local authorities, as agitated fish vendors have shifted shop to
the streets and are now selling fish in the open. Heaps of accumulated garbage
near the market complex is raising an unbearable stench in the area...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Gujarat: Banks refuse loans to Pakistan-hit Gujarat fishermen </b><br>
<a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1874197/report-dna-special-banks-refuse-loans-to-pak-hit-guj-fishermen">http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1874197/report-dna-special-banks-refuse-loans-to-pak-hit-guj-fishermen</a><br></span>
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In Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, fishermen are in a Catch-22 situation. With
Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency (MSA) preying on Indian fishermen who
accidentally cross non-demarcated sea boundaries in search of a good catch,
banks are refusing to give them loans to buy trawlers...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>India: Eco impact of fishing doubles on the coasts</b>  <br>
<a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Eco-impact-of-fishing-doubles-on-the-coasts/Article1-1107382.aspx">http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Eco-impact-of-fishing-doubles-on-the-coasts/Article1-1107382.aspx</a><br>
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Mechanised boats may be travelling further into the sea and catching more fish,
but they have also doubled the environmental cost of consuming fish in India
over the last 50 years. This is likely to push up cost of fish as the impact on
fish stock is felt...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>India: Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project to get serious on
including gender</b><br>
<a href="http://genderaquafish.org/2013/08/15/bay-of-bengal-large-marine-ecosystem-project-to-get-serious-on-including-gender/">http://genderaquafish.org/2013/08/15/bay-of-bengal-large-marine-ecosystem-project-to-get-serious-on-including-gender/</a><br>
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Most marine and fisheries development projects are gender blind, even though,
in recent years, they generally pay much more attention to reaching out to
fishing communities.  What does a major, multi-country project do when it
wants to get serious on overcoming its gender-blindness? For sure, the project
partners face a steep learning curve, but the FAO-managed Bay of Bengal Large
Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project has taken the plunge...<br></span>
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India: Forum seeks PM's intervention to rescue 119 Tamil fishermen lodged in
Sri Lankan jails </b><br>
<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-07/india/41166870_1_29-fishermen-indian-waters-sri-lankan-navy">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-07/india/41166870_1_29-fishermen-indian-waters-sri-lankan-navy</a><br>
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A fishermen's forum has sought the immediate intervention of Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh in rescuing 119 fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry who
were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy while fishing in Indian waters...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>India: ‘Need joint-fishing agreement between Sri Lanka and India’</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/need-jointfishing-agreement-between-sri-lanka-and-india/article5021542.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/need-jointfishing-agreement-between-sri-lanka-and-india/article5021542.ece</a><br>
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The National Fish Workers Forum and the Vangakadal Meen Thozhilalar Sangam has
called for a subsidy package for taking up deep-sea fishing . Staging a
demonstration outside the head post office in Nagapattinam on Tuesday, members
placed a three-fold charter of demands that would help settle disputes between
the fisherfolk of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>India; National Maritime meet to formulate guidelines and procedures</b><br>
<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/National-Maritime-meet-to-formulate-guidelines-and-procedures/articleshow/21782599.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/National-Maritime-meet-to-formulate-guidelines-and-procedures/articleshow/21782599.cms</a><br>
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The XII National Maritime Search and Rescue Board (NMSARB) meeting under the
chairmanship of vice admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, AVSM, Director General Indian
Coast Guard was held on August 8...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>India: U.S. sets shrimp duties on five countries, spares Thailand, Indonesia</b><br>
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/13/us-usa-shrimp-duties-idUSBRE97C10420130813">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/13/us-usa-shrimp-duties-idUSBRE97C10420130813</a><br></span>
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The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday set final duties on billions of dollars
of shrimp from four Asian countries and Ecuador to offset foreign government
subsidies, but spared major suppliers Thailand and Indonesia from the import
tax...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Myanmar: Myanmar's Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries to include rural
development</b><br>
<a href="http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/national/3015-myanmar-s-ministry-of-livestock-and-fisheries-to-include-rural-development">http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/national/3015-myanmar-s-ministry-of-livestock-and-fisheries-to-include-rural-development</a><br>
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Myanmar's parliament has approved to change the name of the Ministry of
Livestock and Fisheries to include rural development in a parliamentary session
held in the capital Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday. Ministry of Livestock and
Fisheries will now be called as Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural
Development according to the decision...<br></span>
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Bangladesh: Now fish fry gets smuggled</b><br>
<a href="http://www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2013/aug/13/now-fish-fry-gets-smuggled">http://www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2013/aug/13/now-fish-fry-gets-smuggled</a><br></span>
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Fry fish has recently entered the long list of items being smuggled to India
from bordering areas in Jessore Fry (juvenile fish) has recently entered the
long list of items being smuggled to India from bordering areas in Jessore...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Pakistan: Ansar Burney takes up Pakistani family’s issue </b><br>
<a href="http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Ansar-Burney-takes-up-Pakistani-family%E2%80%99s-issue/2013/08/13/article1732260.ece">http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Ansar-Burney-takes-up-Pakistani-family%E2%80%99s-issue/2013/08/13/article1732260.ece</a><br>
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Pakistani human rights activist and former Federal Minister for Human Rights
Ansar Burney claims to have taken up the issue of the five-member Pakistani family,
arrested by the Karunagappally Police on Saturday...<br></span>
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