Nayak, Nalini and Vijayan, A. J (2006) The coasts, the fish resources and the fishworkers' movement. National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi.
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The situation that prevails since the 1990s is vastly different from the earlier decades. Most of the commercially valuable stocks are overfished, leading to both biological and economic over-fishing. Even so-called scientifically managed stocks have collapsed. Modern economic theory, which puts the market at centre stage, has seen the ruin of world fisheries. The rights to life of the disadvantaged still have to be fought for, and in this era where people’s rights are citizen’s rights, the right to life that is a universal value has to be fought in the context of the nation-state. It is for this reason that the United Nations and not the World Trade Organisation is the prime organ for the mediation on access rights to natural resources. It is clear from the above that no rights to life and livelihood are established without major struggles. The manner in which the capitalist state grows and penetrates all corners of daily life seems to have a momentum of its own with the logic that might is right, disregarding people and the environment – life – to be more precise. Fortunately, through the fish workers’ movement, the fisherfolk have been able to wage battles both at the state and national levels. Challenging the mainstream concept of development and establishing their right to the resources and thereby their development has been the main thrust of their struggles.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Coast, Fishworkers Movement, Human Rights, Livelihood, Natural Resources, Fisheries Management |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Bharti Vijaya |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2023 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2023 08:42 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/17307 |
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