Study of territorial use rights in small-scale fisheries: Traditional systems of fisheries management in Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India

Mathew, Sebastian (1991) Study of territorial use rights in small-scale fisheries: Traditional systems of fisheries management in Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India. International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), India.

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Abstract

This paper describes and analyses the system of traditional fishing rights in Pulicat Lake, the second largest lagoon of India spreading across the States of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The system entails the granting of entitlements to eligible members of a particular community for undertaking specified fishing activities on certain designated fishing grounds of the lake. Whereas the system enjoys legitimacy with the lagoon fishermen and contributes to the prevention of conflicts within this group, it has come under increasing pressure from outsiders, including marine fishermen and dispossessed peasants and tribals. The paper suggests the need for strengthening the system through formal legalization and by the incorporation of control measures over fishing capacity and fishing intensity.

Item Type:	Documents
Class Number:	930.ICSF067
Keywords:	ICSF, Fishing Rights, Territorial Waters, Small-scale Fisheries, Fishing Communities, Lagoon, Fishing Capacity, Fishermen, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, India
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	02 Nov 2021 04:05
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2022 05:48
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1810

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