Fisherfolk

INDIA

Scientists from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University, Madras, made a major breakthrough recently when they developed a vaccine for the control of

Publication Date:

30/08/1996

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Fisherfolk, Technology, Information, India

India

Saved by a signal

Rescue operations in the high seas get a boost with the development of a new communication device

Publication Date:

14/08/1996

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Fisherfolk, Rural Technology, Information, Radio, India, Kerala

India

By book or by crook..

... has been the motto of an erring plant in Karnataka. But recently, the local fisherfolk scored a victory by forcing it to agree to install an effluent treatment plant

Publication Date:

14/04/1996

Author(s): Sudha Sitaraman

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Waste Treatment, Fisherfolk, India, Karnataka

India

After having forced into extinction many different species of animals, human beings have most recently focused their greed on fishes in the deep seas. Being sweet, tender and easy to cook, the deep sea fishes have attracted the attention of many a chef

Publication Date:

28/02/1996

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Marine Ecosystems, Fish, Endangered Species, Fisherfolk, Environmental Science

India

Teaching the taught

Eighty lakhsmaliscalefishworkers went on a strike allover India in January 1996, to protest against the government issuing licenses to largefishing vehicles. The Food and Agricultural Organization is insisting that states and stakeholders follow a

Publication Date:

14/02/1996

Author(s): John Kurien

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19960215

pp:

0

Tags:

Fisherfolk, India

India

Net issues

Like any global agreement the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible and Sustainable Fishing Sets out ideals:

Publication Date:

14/02/1996

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19960215

pp:

0

Tags:

Fisherfolk, India

Fisheries

Net result: tragic

The scenario in the fishing industry is alarming. The state of straddling fish stocks is a global disasaster and overfishing is a major problem. The structure of the fishing industry has

Publication Date:

Monday, October 30, 1995

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

Issue:

pp:

Tags:

Fisheries, Fisherfolk, Statistics

India

"No" to bull trawling

Indian fisherfolk are on the warpath once again, targeting joint venture trawling in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The National Fisheries Action Committee Against Joint Venture trawling

Publication Date:

14/10/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19951015

pp:

0

Tags:

Fisherfolk, India

Fisheries