Pradhan, Sisir Kanta and Nair, Tara S. and Nayak, Prateep Kumar (2024) Making sense of the legal policy frameworks governing small-scale fisheries in India. MARE Publication Series, vol 28 . Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-56716-2
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The fisheries sector in India provides livelihoods to 16 million fishers and fish workers and contributes 7% of the country’s agricultural income. Fisheries activity within the country takes place in diverse settings, shaped by distinct social-ecological histories. The institutional structure of fisheries governance reflects the inherent intricacies of India’s federal democratic structure and consists of arrangements at multiple levels, from local to national. Starting in 2016, Indian fisheries policy has aligned itself with the imperatives of the blue economy, which envisions persistent growth in exports, income, profit, and investment. The rudimentary resource rights of small and marginal fishers, traditional knowledge systems, livelihoods and subsistence orientation, fish habitat conservation, and the identities of small-scale fisheries systems have since been relegated to the background in policy exercises. This chapter aims to develop a nuanced understanding of the complex policy and legal frameworks and the multilevel, diverse, and pluralistic fisheries governance arrangements in India, focusing specifically on their implications for the social-ecological well-being of small-scale fisheries. The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, with their emphasis on supportive legal policy frameworks and appropriate institutional capacity to address the prolonged marginalization and vulnerability of small-scale fisheries, form the foundation for this analysis. In the chapter, we outline the historical complexities and legacies surrounding the development of fisheries policy and legal frameworks in India, discussing national and regional policies guiding the small-scale fisheries sector drawing on illustrations from the two Indian states of Odisha and Gujarat. We also evaluate the well-being implications of these policies and legal frameworks.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Small-scale Fisheries, India, Livelihoods, Fisheries Policy, Governance, Sustainable Fisheries, Fisheries Development, Food Security |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2025 06:49 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 06:49 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22149 |
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