Nair, Navya V. (2021) Born to fish, forced to shift: Vulnerabilities of small-scale fisheries in Chilika Lagoon, India. p. 3.
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Chilika is Asia’s biggest brackish lagoon. Because of its rich biodiversity and nature of the water composition, Chilika Lagoon is considered a Ramsar site. The lagoon is one of Odisha's key sources of fishing, supporting nutritional and livelihood protection for more than 0.2 million fishers living in and around the lagoon. A total of 454 motorized and nearly 5,000 traditional boats operate in the lagoon. A substantial part of this lagoon remains underwater during winter and functions as a wetland that also serves as a breeding and nesting ground for millions of species of migratory birds. One of the most important economic activities in Chilika is fishing. Several drivers contributed to the Chilika's socialecological changes and affected the shaping of the history of the lagoon. The two key factors are: the growth of shrimp aquaculture in the 1980s and the opening of a new sea mouth in the Bay of Bengal in 2001, which led to changes in access, rights of use, and laws of the lagoon fish economy affecting biophysical processes and associated livelihood systems. After the opening of the new sea mouth on the east coast of the lagoon in September 2000, fish production in the lagoon increased dramatically. However, the lagoon's fisheries and biodiversity have suffered the most in the recent years, both due to the rise in natural and man-made disturbances.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Small-scale Fisheries, Chilika Lagoon, India, Livelihood, Biodiversity, Migration, Fishing Grounds, Conservation, Resources Management |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 08:00 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 08:00 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21502 |
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