Correspondence: An Exclusive zone of 0 to 20 miles to be reserved for third world traditional fishermen

ICSF, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (1989) Correspondence: An Exclusive zone of 0 to 20 miles to be reserved for third world traditional fishermen. Samudra Report (2). p. 22. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

First of all, congratulations for the first issue of the SAMUDRA Report and compliments to its founders. The article by Tom Kocherry was particularly interesting. In the article he mentions the enactment of the “Marine Fishing Act” in Kerala State (South India) under which the state imposes a ban on purse-seiners fishing within 22 kilometres of the coast and on trawlers and mechanised boats within 10 kilometres. In Cochin, the fleet of traditional fishermen blockaded the entire harbour. This merits to be made known to all Southern countries and so are the concluding notes of the article: “. . .unless the small-scale fishworkers put up a sustained fight, no law will be enacted or implemented”. Our fishing experience with the ‘doris’ in many Southern countries (India 1968-69, and later in Brazil, Gabon, Madagascar, Senegal...) confirm that the traditional fishery sector in these countries is doomed to disappear in the near future unless trawl fishing, by national or international vessels, is prohibited within the exclusive zone of 0 to 20 nautical miles.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0010
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Exclusive Economic Zones, India, Kerala, Fishing Regulations, Fisheries Legislation, Trawlers, Traditional Fisheries, Africa, Caribbean, Pacific countries, Artisanal Fisheries, Fisheries Agreements
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2021 10:49
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 18:34
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/123

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