Fishing fleet reduction and its livelihood implications a case study of Palk-Bay resource users in the east coast of Tamil Nadu, India

Sathyapalan, Jyothis and Srinivasan, Jeena T. and Scholtens, Joeri (2008) Fishing fleet reduction and its livelihood implications a case study of Palk-Bay resource users in the east coast of Tamil Nadu, India. South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies, Kerala.

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Abstract

The United Nations team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS) in Chennai is facilitating the process of Tsunami recovery support through interventions that sustains disaster mitigation and ensure long term development. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as part of the UNTRS focuses on Fisheries livelihoods areas. FAO/UNTRS is promoting efforts to set clear directions in addressing the un-addressed issues that are important to ensure sustainable fishery based livelihoods with a pro-poor focus. Sustainable fisheries management in the lines of co-management is an important focus area to ensure sustainable livelihoods for marine fishers.. Apart from pilot projects on developing fisheries co management model, there was a felt need of looking at the fishing fleet strength, its viability from the socioeconomic, resource base and livelihoods point of view. This is to help evolve appropriate fleet regulation mechanisms for Fisheries management. It is in this context that FAO/UNTRS as per the suggestion of the South Indian Federation for Fishermen Societies (SIFFS), engaged Centre for Economic and Social studies (CESS), Hyderabad for a study on possibility of trawler fishing Fleet reduction in Palk bay area. Palk Bay having the largest concentration of trawlers in the Tamil Nadu Coast and being an area with comparatively more regulations in place, it was chosen as the study area.

Item Type:	Documents
Keywords:	Fishing Communities, Livelihoods, FAO, UNTRS, UN, SIFFS, Fishing Communities, Fishing Practices, East Coast, Tamil Nadu, India, Palk Bay, Sustainable Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Fisheries Development, Fisheries Management, CESS
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Bharti Vijaya
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2023 06:51
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2023 06:51
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19547

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