Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught in the wild but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. “Fishing” may include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate. In addition to being caught to be eaten, fish are caught as recreational pastimes. Fishing tournaments are held, and caught fish are …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 July 2024 English
This report is written by Suhas Chakma of Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program (IPLP), University of Arizona. Published in July 2024, the report examines the conflict between tiger conservation …
collecting honey, flowers, firewood, hunting or fishing in or near the tiger reserve or for opposing or … Rights Act granted community forest rights and fishing rights on over 3,000 hectares within the Melghat … source of livelihood is fishing have been executed for trying to go fishing.135 Those killed include … being caught when he and two others had gone for fishing in the reserve;142 (2) 49-year-old tribal man … in Amravati district. The victims had gone for fishing in the Melaghat Tiger Reserve and were detained …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …
of the rights and entitlements of small-scale fishing communities. l. Create in every state “State Commissions … to markets for dalit artisans and small scale fishing dependent families. Rural Labour a. Enact Rural … small-scale fishing communities. c. Ensure the following rights and entitlements of small-scale fishing communities …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 February 2024 English
This is the first ever report on the ‘state of the world’s migratory species’ and was published through collaboration between UNEP-WCMC (UN Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre) and …
intentional removal, such as through hunting and fishing, as well as the incidental capture of non-target … agriculture), and overexploitation (hunting and fishing, both targeted and incidental) represent the two … the phase-out of toxic lead ammunition and lead fishing weights, including by implementing relevant recommendations … impacts of abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear on marine migratory species by implementing … subpopulation and threats including entanglement in fishing gear and ship strikes, a Concerted Action for …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 September 2023 English
In Thiruvallur district, Dilli anna gives life to Kannisamy – the guardian deity of fishing communities in north Chennai. The idols are made using clay and paddy husk, both of which are becoming increasingly …
gives life to Kannisamy – the guardian deity of fishing communities in north Chennai. The idols are made …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 August 2023 English
The State of India’s Birds (SoIB) is a periodic, national-level examination of the distribution range and abundance trends of Indian birds that aids in formulating conservation plans. The SoIB last …
for irrigation and drinking, transportation, fishing, livestock grazing, and generally providing a …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 April 2023 English
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, released the first volume of the EnviStats – India 2023 on April 17, 2023. The EnviStats were first published in …
total Population in India Statement 5.03 Coastal fishing population in India Topic 5.1.2 Access to selected … per 2022 data, fisherfolk population in India's fishing villages is 37,74,577. West Bengal has the highest …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023 English
Agricultural Statistics at a Glance is published annually by the Economics and Statistics Division, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. This …
(11) (12) (13) (14) 1. Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1501947 1524288 1609198 1605715 1616146 1726004 … 144547 152351 163949 173972 184015 188416 - 1.4 Fishing and aquaculture 68027 71362 76487 82232 90205 99627 … (12) (13) (14) 1. Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1501947 1675107 1926372 2093612 2227533 2518662 … 205364 217603 255053 269727 295006 319903 - 1.4 Fishing and aquaculture 68027 79911 98190 116567 132720 … (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) I Agriculture,forestry & fishing 18.5 18.2 18.6 18.2 17.7 18.0 18.3 17.6 18.3 20 …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 March 2023 English
Released on March 20, 2023, the Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report concludes the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report was …
production. Models do not represent changes in fishing activities and some extreme climatic conditions …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 2023 English
First History Lessons is a series of three books published under ‘Revisiting the Craft of History Writing for Children’, a project by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), Kolkata. …
ocean. The refugees could live happily here, fishing and farming. The Indian government in Delhi gave …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 February 2023 English
In West Bengal’s Beldanga, Kohinoor Begum sings about the exploitative work of rolling beedis
region “My abbu [father] was a wage worker, but fishing was the love of his life. He would somehow manage …
