Although public concern has focused on the environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the public health impact on a broad range of coastal communities is minimally known. The authors sought to determine the acute level of distress (depression, anxiety), mechanisms of adjustment (coping, resilience), and perceived risk in a community indirectly impacted by the oil spill and to identify the extent to which economic loss may explain these factors.

Indigenous peoples are taking a lead in managing marine and coastal ecosystems in tropical northern Australia.
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An Act to recognize and vest the traditional rights and the occupation of fishing through traditional means in fisherfolk who have been residing in coastal areas for generations and carry on regular fishing activity in coastal and marine areas and to provide a framework for protecting the rights so vested.

The drivers of discord between humans and wild species often lie deeper than the shallow measuring implements of science can reach. We explore the lived experience of conflict between fishing communities and turtles in two very different socio-ecological contexts in the Lakshadweep Islands and the Orissa coast.

After Anant Chaturdashi, Mumbai's beaches and water bodies will be a part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), which involves compiling records of debris thrown across the coastline following the immersion of idols.

ICC is a global movement where volunteers clean up trash and submit records to the Ocean Conservancy, Washington, an international organisation that compiles and then conduct

THE Indian Coast Guard has apprehended 12 more Myanmarese poachers from Andaman Sea on Saturday night.

Bycatch throws a serious threat to the marine diversity and the sustainability of marine fisheries, said CMFRI, Kochi Principal Scientist Dr E V Radhakrishnan.

Delivering a key-note address at a workshop on

Debate in Rajya Sabha on oil spill due to collision of ships.

These presentations at the regional media briefing workshop organised recently by Centre for Science and Environment in Goa highlight the challenges and threats confronting India

The initial sections underscore that the bias in fisheries policies towards an export led model has been at the cost of the environment and fishing communities, especially women.
The authors then argue, by scrutinising key provisions, that the EU-India FTA further deepens this model and therefore is unlikely to ameliorate their condition.

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