Fish workers' plea Date:24/07/2010 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2010/07/24/stories/2010072450960200.htm
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) has appealed to the government to include provisions to ensure the livelihood security and traditional rights of fish workers before presenting the revised version of the Kerala Inland Fishery Bill in the Assembly. A press note quoting KSMTF State president T. Peter demanded that the right be vested exclusively with fish workers to register boats, nets and inboard engines in order to prevent others from appropriating the sector. It also demanded that the Bill be called the Kerala Inland Fisheries Bill to bring aquaculture farmers also under its purview. The federation stressed the need to provide for an appellate authority and to rename the panel mentioned in section 41 as Inland Fisheries Management Committee. It submitted a memorandum to Fisheries Minister S. Sarma, highlighting these demands. — Special Correspondent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
