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16-18, May 2008 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-May/073789.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- "Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ à¥à¤°à¥à¤¡à¤°à¤¿ ठनà¥à¤° à¥à¤¨à¥à¤¯à¤¾ " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check the debate about fish in the 'sixties and > 'seventies. When > fishing was mechanised (with help from Scandinavia, > and to the > detriment and destruction of the traditional > fishermen -- > > Today, all one sees is refrigerated large trucks > ferrying the catch to > Mangalore (for processing and onward transport > mainly overseas). --------------------------------------------- Dear FN, I had fully intended my last post to be my last post on the subject but I couldn't let this Marxist red-herring of yours about protecting traditional fishermen, go unchallenged. Mechanised fishing changed what to the detriment of "traditional fishermen"? You mean, it changed the fact that many of them got rich by buying trawlers, setting up manufacturing units and exporting the shrimp? You mean it changed the fact that it created employment not just in fishing, but also in packing and canning? Or that it brought respectability to people who previously were disparagingly called "Khairin" and almost treated as outcasts? Did mechanised fishing ruin Goa? Goans may complain about the price of fish in the market, but given the spurt in population in recent times are sure your kasti-clad rapoinkars with hand-woven raipons would supply enough to keep the price down? Or would some sort of state sponsored mechanism ensure that the price remains low, thereby creating a successful black market? I love it when Marxism wants to speak for and protect the small poor traditional guy. Marxist ideology is the result of misguided elitist intellectuals. All that the little guy wants is a chance to compete in a free and equitable market. Selma