Developed nations are not bothered about marine resources
Fifty-five-year-old thomas kocherry , one of the founders of the National Fishworkers Forum -- a trade union network of 200,000 traditional …
"Polluters are today's environmentalists"
Crusader for the rights of over eight million Indian fisherfolk, Thomas Kochery , 57, made news headlines when he rejected the US $150,000 …
Farming fish and mussels
When bad management and increasing demand for inland fish led to plummeting stocks, fishing villages around the Ashtamudi estuary in Kollam …
"We are not afraid to lay down more lives for our rights"
Chilika, Asia's largest brackish water lake in Orissa, is in the midst of a controversy that refuses to die. At stake is the livelihood of …
A fish moves west
Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. Silting, dams and pollution pushed the fisher into deep ocean leading to …
Aaj Ka Roadshow
Liberalisation in India has not only affected humdrum life, but also popular cultural forms. This is palpable in the changing dynamics of the big …
Short circuit
On the face of it, the ambitious Sethusamudram project to bridge the east coast with the west coast of the country seems a great idea. The …
Orphans of the river
Riverine fisherfolk, arguably the oldest among traders, are being sold down the river. An unholy synergy of poisoned rivers, government apathy …
Deep waters
Puducherry's plans for a new port have prompted unprecedented protests. Allegations of a huge land grab facilitated by procedural violations and …
Still life in waves
The visual media is into the business of producing images. Sometimes, just sometimes, they become iconic. For disasters there is a recognisable …
Lives of others
Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …
COVID-19: Traditional fisherfolk left in the lurch
They are not included in PM-Kisan and hence are not eligible for benefits similar to farmers
Turning a new reef
Once liquour-sodden, the fisherfolk of a Kerala village are replacing destroyed natural reefs with artificial ones
Ancient Mexican script yields up its secrets
A hieroglyphic script in which the earliest Central American texts were written has been partly deciphered, thanks to an engraved slab found by …
Fishing cooperative 'dies' of too much prosperity
So successful was the Siandi experiment in cooperative fishing and prawn culture, vested interests just would not allow it to continue
Nets but no strings
An informal banking scheme designed to assist the fisherwomen of Kerala has gained momentum within its short period of operation
Thazhampettai: Climate change, erratic ocean currents make fishing in this Tamil Nadu village unpredictable
More frequent and deadlier cyclones as well as the construction of private harbours in Tharangambadi has only added to the woes of the fisherfolk
Ghana targets bringing a million fisherfolk under insurance cover
The nationwide rollout will cover all the landing beaches across the fishing communities in the country. The scheme was launched on December 1, 2015
Chilika: A lake in limbo
The ecology of the already shrinking Chilika lake is further threatened by the scramble among fisherfolk, farmers and traders to grabe their …
Offshore encounters
The future of the Galapagos islands is at stake as fisherfolk and conservationists fight for its resources
"We have won against the army"
Muhammad Ali Shah has been crusading for the rights of fisherfolk for the past three decades. Presently he heads the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (…
Trawlers push small fisherfolk out of business
Bottom trawling has spelt doom for small-scale fishermen in Bengal's East Midnapore district. Faced with a bleak future due to reduced fish catch,…
Artificial reefs swell fish catch in Kerala
Helped by a grassroots organisation, the fishing village of Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram is successfully creating artificial reefs to increase …
Gender roles among the Mukkuvar fisherfolk
MUKKUVAR WOMEN -- GENDER, HEGEMONY AND CAPITALIST TRANSFORMATION IN A SOUTH INDIAN FISHING COMMUNITY Kalpana Ram Publisher: Kali for Women, Delhi …
Saved by a signal
Rescue operations in the high seas get a boost with the development of a new communication device