Mishra, Mayank (2024) The challenge of IUU fishing: A first look at Indian responses.
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“IUU Fishing”, as a well-known abbreviation for “Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing”, is a collective term for a broad range of fishing activities considered illegal, unreported, or unregulated in law.[1] In August 2021, India’s Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying (“Union Fisheries Minister”) was asked in the Lok Sabha if IUU fishing posed a threat to India, and he responded as follows: “Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing remains one of the threats to marine ecosystems due to its potential to undermine national and regional efforts to manage fisheries sustainably as well as endeavours to conserve marine biodiversity. Presence of unregistered boats in Indian waters can be a potential threat to national maritime security.”[2]This is, of course, true. IUU fishing is a genuine public policy issue for India, and one that deserves attention from policymakers and the general public alike. While the internet is full of studies and articles on IUU fishing, India-centric examinations of IUU fishing as a domestic policy issue in India remain few.[3] Furthermore, despite its connections-to and implications-for matters of ‘hard security’ (which this article will subsequently discuss), IUU fishing takes a back seat to other issues that might appear more obviously related to matters of maritime security. Accordingly, this article seeks to add to analyses of IUU fishing in the Indian context. It will lay down baseline facts and figures pertaining to IUU fishing and demonstrate the inadequacy of available data. It will also undertake a broad examination of India’s responses to IUU fishing in her maritime zones and highlight the significance of fish landing centres/points along India’s coastline. In collating official data on IUU fishing, the article will also attempt to address the impact of IUU fishing upon the Indian economy and its fisherfolk. It is hoped that this article will inform and mould public opinion in India on an important issue that touches multiple policy areas, including but not limited to food security, unorganised employment and, of course, national security. The article ends by recommending the reform of complex domestic administrative structures and the commission of further research on the continuing impact of IUU fishing on India.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | IUU, Fisheries Policy, Small-scale Fisheries, Artisanal Fisheries, Fish Landing Centres, GIS, Economic Impact, India, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Food Security, Marine Biodiversity |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2025 06:53 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 06:53 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22119 |
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