Report of the ICSF-BOBLME training programme on enhancing capacities of fishing communities: Gulf of Mannar, India

ICSF, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (2013) Report of the ICSF-BOBLME training programme on enhancing capacities of fishing communities: Gulf of Mannar, India. Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME), India.

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Abstract

The Gulf of Mannar, India is a shallow bay in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. It spreads across two districts - Ramanathapuram and Thoothukudi. The Gulf is an important are of marine biodiversity, with its unique ecosystem (coral reefs, mangroves and sea grass beds). In 1986, the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (GoMNP) was declared under the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972 (WLPA) . The Park spreads over some 560 km and includes 21 islands which are uninhabited. The National Park constitutes the core area of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve formed under the Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Though the WLPA has provisions that require the rights of communities who live there/depend on the resources to be settled, and requires the occupational interests and innocent passage of fishers in territorial waters under protection, be protected, these have not been implemented in Gulf of Mannar.

Item Type:	Documents
Class Number:	930.ICSF167
Keywords:	Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME), Training, Fishing Communities, Capacity Building, Sea Cucumber, Seaweed, Ecosystem Approach, Sustainable Fisheries, Traditional Knowledge, Fisheries Legislation, Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	03 Nov 2021 11:10
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2021 11:10
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1427

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