Books or motors?: The Case of the little fishing village of Jaleshwar in Gujarat, India throws up questions about the payoffs involved in ‘growth’ and ‘development’

A.D., Dholakia and Nayak, Nalini and A.J., Vijayan (2000) Books or motors?: The Case of the little fishing village of Jaleshwar in Gujarat, India throws up questions about the payoffs involved in ‘growth’ and ‘development’. Samudra Report (27). pp. 33-36. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Adjacent to the western end of the Veraval marine drive and just behind the famous Birla temple lies the little Indian fishing community of Jaleshwar. Veraval is today one of the largest fishing harbours in the State of Gujarat. To people in fisheries, Jaleshwar was known in the 1970s as a prosperous fishing village, where the outboard motors (OBMs) had become part and parcel of the artisanal fishery. Visiting the village 30 years later, one notices that it still looks the same; children run around happily, looking scruffy and dirty; the adults go about their business as usual; and besides the new-looking fibreglass canoes on the shore, everything else in the community seems to have remained just the same.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0337
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, India, Gujarat, Artisanal Fisheries, Fisheries Development, Gillnets, Fish Catch, Motors
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2021 10:42
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 13:14
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1006

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