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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Arunachal Pradesh: Scientists advocate master plan for aqua cultivation in
Arunachal</b><br>
<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/scientists-advocate-master-plan-for-aqua-cultivation-in-arunachal-113112000962_1.html" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/scientists-advocate-master-plan-for-aqua-cultivation-in-arunachal-113112000962_1.html</a><br>
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Arunachal Pradesh Fisheries Minister Rajesh Tacho on Wednesday described the
maiden two-day Meen Mahotsav, beginning tomorrow at the Indira Gandhi Park to
mark World Fisheries Day, as a curtain raiser to showcase the huge potential of
pisciculture and economic benefit. Scientists of the Bhubaneswar-based Central
Institute of Fresh Water and Aqua Culture (CIFA), however,called for evolving a
master plan after a thorough survey to tap the sector...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Assam: I respect honest filmmakers: Manju Borah<br>
</b><a href="http://www.indiablooms.com/BollywoodDetailsPage/2013/bollywoodDetails151113a.php" target="_blank">http://www.indiablooms.com/BollywoodDetailsPage/2013/bollywoodDetails151113a.php</a><br></span>
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What made you make a film in the Mishing language which you do not know? My
films are triggered by humane stories mainly about marginalised people in
society. The Mishing community is the second largest ethnic group in the North
East with a population of 25 lakh. The film is based on a novel that was
originally written in Assamese set against the backdrop of the Mishing
community of fishermen and boatmen...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>West Bengal: Sunderbans bheris turn brick kilns</b><br>
<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Sunderbans-bheris-turn-brick-kilns/articleshow/25964235.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Sunderbans-bheris-turn-brick-kilns/articleshow/25964235.cms</a><br>
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In the Sunderbans and adjoining belts in North 24-Parganas, fisheries are
getting converted to brickfields at an alarming rate, turning fertile plots
into irrecoverable barren lands. In the last couple of years, at least 200 fish
farms or bheris have become brickfields. "A nexus between brickfield
owners, panchayats and political parties is allowing rampant alteration in land
use...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Odisha: Seven fishermen held in restricted zone in Odisha</b><br>
<a href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/odisha/seven-fishermen-held-in-restricted-zone-in-odisha_890258.html" target="_blank">http://zeenews.india.com/news/odisha/seven-fishermen-held-in-restricted-zone-in-odisha_890258.html</a><br>
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Kendrapara (Odisha): In a mid-sea crackdown, turtle protection squad of forest
department has arrested seven fishermen for allegedly intruding into the
prohibited breeding zone of endangered marine animals in Odisha. The deep-sea
trawler used by the accused for sea fishing near Hukitola Island within Gahirmatha
marine sanctuary was seized by the squad yesterday, official
sources said. The arrested fishermen from Balasore district were later
remanded to jail custody...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Andhra Pradesh: Cyclone Helen to make landfall near Ongole in AP, evacuation
begins</b><br>
<a href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/cyclone-helen-heading-for-kavali-in-south-ap-landfall-on-Thursday_891279.html" target="_blank">http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/cyclone-helen-heading-for-kavali-in-south-ap-landfall-on-Thursday_891279.html</a><br>
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New Delhi/Chennai/Hyderabad: Lakhs of people in south coastal Andhra Pradesh
are being evacuated to safer place as the state prepares to face severe
cyclonic storm Helen. As per the latest update from the Indian Meteorological
Department (IMD), Cyclone Helen lay centred over west central Bay of Bengal
around 460 km east-northeast of Chennai, 360 km from Ongole...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Tamil Nadu: Fishermen net glaring errors in TNPCB maps</b><br>
<a href="http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Fishermen-net-glaring-errors-in-TNPCB-maps/2013/11/19/article1898772.ece" target="_blank">http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Fishermen-net-glaring-errors-in-TNPCB-maps/2013/11/19/article1898772.ece</a><br>
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While the agitation threat by fishermen groups seemed to have forced officials
to upload the new Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) maps for Chennai on the
TNPCB website on Monday, they are now facing the ire of the community for what
activists and fishermen term ‘glaring inaccuracies’. The public hearing on the
plans, which was scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed barely hours after a
meeting between the Collector and the fishermen leaders...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><i>See also: Tamil Nadu: reparation of Coastal Zone Management Plan Maps with
reference to the CRZ Notification 2011<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/iczmp-maps1.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/iczmp-maps1.html</a><br>
Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) Maps:<br>
1. Thiruvallur<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/thiruvallur.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/thiruvallur.html</a><br>
2. Chennai CMDA<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/doc/58%20th%20meeting.doc" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/doc/58%20th%20meeting.doc</a><br>
3. Kancheepuram <br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/kanchi.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/kanchi.html</a><br>
4. Villupuram<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/vpuram.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/vpuram.html</a><br>
5. Cuddalore<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/doc/62%20nd%20meeting.doc" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/doc/62%20nd%20meeting.doc</a><br>
6. Nagapattinam <br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/naga.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/naga.html</a><br>
7. Thiruvarur<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/tvarur.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/tvarur.html</a><br>
8. Thanjavur<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/tnjavur.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/tnjavur.html</a><br>
9. Pudukkottai<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/pudu.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/pudu.html</a><br>
10. Ramanathapuram<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/ram.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/ram.html</a><br>
11. Thoothukudi<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/thoo.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/thoo.html</a><br>
12. Tirunelveli<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/tiru.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/tiru.html</a><br>
13. Kanyakumari<br>
<a href="http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/kk.html" target="_blank">http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/kk.html</a></i><br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Puducherry: Coast Guard commissions device which extracts drinking water
from atmosphere </b>
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<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/Coast-Guard-commissions-device-which-extracts-drinking-water-from-atmosphere/articleshow/26164827.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/Coast-Guard-commissions-device-which-extracts-drinking-water-from-atmosphere/articleshow/26164827.cms</a><br>
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A device which can extract pure drinking water from atmosphere was commissioned
here by the Coast Guard as part of the World Fisheries and Fishermen Day celebrations
on Thursday. Puducherry district collector S B Deepak Kumar inaugurated
the facility at the fishing harbour in Thengaithittu. N Somasundaram,
commanding officer of the Indian Coast Guard station in Puducherry, said the
coast guard would pay Rs 4,000 per month to Chennai-based Akashganga AME India
Pvt Ltd which developed the device...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Kerala: Jellyfish proliferating along Kerala coast</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/jellyfish-proliferating-along-kerala-coast/article5357801.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/jellyfish-proliferating-along-kerala-coast/article5357801.ece</a><br>
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Jellyfish population is abounding along the Kerala coast, threatening other
species and creating havoc for fishing operations. Scientists studying the
phenomenon feel that the proliferation of the species indicates the impact of
human activities on the marine environment. In the latest incident, a large
number of dead jellyfish were washed ashore on the Thumba beach in
Thiruvananthapuram in the last week of October...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Goa: Morjim fire could have been averted</b><br>
<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-17/goa/44161604_1_morjim-tembwada-vithaldaswada" target="_blank">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-17/goa/44161604_1_morjim-tembwada-vithaldaswada</a><br>
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The fire tragedy at Morjim could have been averted if the government had paid
heed to the long-pending demand of fishermen that they should be provided with
shed in the land belonging to the captain of ports in Morjim. Six fishing huts
with stored fishing canoes, motors and nets were reduced to ashes in a fire at
Vithaldas vaddo in Morjim on Friday afternoon...<br></span>
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Maharashtra: Pawar asks Shinde to relax coastal security norms</b><br>
<a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pawar-asks-shinde-to-relax-coastal-security-norms/1196759/" target="_blank">http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pawar-asks-shinde-to-relax-coastal-security-norms/1196759/</a><br></span>
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Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has urged Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde to relax the stringent coastal security guidelines imposed by the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai terror
attacks, saying the restrictions are hurting the marine sector and have
resulted in the loss of nearly Rs 2,800 crore in the past two years...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Maharashtra: Mumbai's Koli community leave fishing for greener pastures </b><br>
<a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-koli-community-leaving-fishing-for-greener-pastures-1922871" target="_blank">http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-koli-community-leaving-fishing-for-greener-pastures-1922871</a><br>
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Mumbai's oldest inhabitants and true natives, the Koli community, are seeing
their community slowly dispersing and the younger generations straying away
from the traditional family business, fishing. “Our community started opening
up to society around 20 years ago. We started getting our children educated and
wanted them to have more than what our community had to offer,” said Praveen
Bhave (48), a resident of Versova fishing village...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>India: Conservation of biodiversity important for aquaculture: ICAR Director
General</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/conservation-of-biodiversity-important-for-aquaculture-icar-director-general/article5357869.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/conservation-of-biodiversity-important-for-aquaculture-icar-director-general/article5357869.ece</a><br>
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Conservation of biodiversity and its applications are essential for growth and
sustainability of aquaculture in the coastal region, said Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director General and Secretary to Department of
Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) S. Ayyappan...<br></span>
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Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan government to revoke licenses of fishermen who
continuously fish in foreign waters</b><br>
<a href="http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13B/Nov19_1384880688CH.php" target="_blank">http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13B/Nov19_1384880688CH.php</a><br></span>
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The Sri Lankan government has introduced regulations to revoke licenses of
fishermen who continuously fish in foreign waters in violation of maritime
laws. The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ministry has introduced a gazette on
the matter that would be enforced early next year. Media Secretary of the
Ministry, D.S. Narendra Rajapakse said that there are currently 121 Sri Lankan
fishermen stranded in overseas prisons (107 in India, two in Mauritius and 12
in Myanmar) on charges of breaching the maritime border...<br></span>
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Pakistan: Unending woes: The naked truth about fishing </b><br>
<a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/635319/unending-woes-the-naked-truth-about-fishing/" target="_blank">http://tribune.com.pk/story/635319/unending-woes-the-naked-truth-about-fishing/</a><br></span>
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World Fisheries Day is celebrated across the planet on the 21st of November,
and is marked by celebration and solidarity of all fisherfolk. In most
countries, the key issues revolve around over-harvesting, marking international
water boundaries and sanctioning countries that refuse to follow international
conservation norms. However, our Pakistani fisherfolk are still struggling for
basic personal dignity...<br></span>
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Bangladesh: Fishermen live in fear as piracy rises in Bay of Bengal </b><br>
<a href="http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/18/fishermen-live-fear-piracy-rises-bay-bengal#sthash.YUZ1nr2g.dpuf" target="_blank">http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/18/fishermen-live-fear-piracy-rises-bay-bengal#sthash.YUZ1nr2g.dpuf</a><br>
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Sources say the pirates usually demand a hefty ransom from the families of the
fishermen they abduct. Fishermen in the Cox’s Bazar coastal area have been
risking their lives every day to make an earning, as a rise in piracy in the
Bay of Bengal have led to some 50 fishing trawlers being attacked and looted in
the last 15 days alone...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Maldives: Government to cut costs, include new pledges in revised budget</b><br>
<a href="http://minivannews.com/politics/government-to-cut-costs-include-new-pledges-in-revised-budget-72147" target="_blank">http://minivannews.com/politics/government-to-cut-costs-include-new-pledges-in-revised-budget-72147</a><br>
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The People’s Majlis Budget Committee has asked Finance Minister Abdulla Jihad
to submit a revised budget on Monday November 25, following new President
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom’s request to cut costs in the state budget for
2014. Jihad – who also held the post of Finance Minister under former President
Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan – had presented a MVR 16.4 billion budget for 2014
with a projected deficit of 2.5 percent of GDP to parliament on October 30...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Myanmar: Mekong Dams Threaten Food Supply for Thousands </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/682995-myanmar-mekong-dams-threaten-food-supply-for-thousands/" target="_blank">http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/682995-myanmar-mekong-dams-threaten-food-supply-for-thousands/</a><br>
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Hydroelectric dam constructions on the Mekong River in Laos financed by foreign
businesses could undermine the massive river€™s fish stocks on which thousands
of people Burmese depend for food, a US-based environmental organization has warned.
A dam now under construction directly on the Mekong at Xayaburi and part
financed by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is one such
potential threat to fish stocks...<br></span>
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