Fishworkers plan coastal mapping http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/fishworkers-plan-coastal-mapping/article6270585.ece
The two-day executive committee of the National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF), which concluded here on Sunday, resolved to take up mapping of coastal areas across the country to ensure strict implementation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 2011. Expressing concern over the government's inaction in mapping coastal zones and the increasing encroachments along the coast by industries, tourism and land sharks, the meeting decided that all member organisations of the NFF would carry out the mapping exercise in the coastal villages. A press note quoting NFF chairperson M. Ilango and secretary T. Peter appealed to the State governments to abide by the CRZ norms to constitute district coastal zone committees with representatives of fishing communities as members. The meeting proposed a 90-day uniform monsoon trawling ban for Western coast States and separate but uniform 90-day ban for the Eastern coast States. It called upon the State and Central governments to address the concerns raised by the fishers about the Vizhinjam international seaport project. The committee demanded a complete ban on Special Economic Zones in CRZ zones and a review of the existing SEZs in coastal areas in consultation with local fishing communities. It observed that the Adani SEZ in Gujarat, Jindal SEZ in Maharashtra and Posco SEZ in Odisha were sanctioned in gross violation of the CRZ norms. The meeting urged the government to stall all the proposals to establish ship breaking yards, in view of the hazardous nature of the industry and its adverse impact on fishing communities and regional ecology. It called upon the Central government to secure the release of Indian fishers held in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The committee also called for a ban on purse seine fishing across the country. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
