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Title	The roles of women fisherfolk in the fishing industry in India and the impacts of development on their lives
Author	Brake, Constance Elaine, 1964-
Description	Thesis (M.M.S.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001. Marine Studies
Date	2001
Pagination	v, 70 leaves : col. ill., maps
Subject	Women fishers--India; Women fish trade workers--India; Women in rural development--India
Degree	M.M.S.
Degree Grantor	Marine Institute (St. John's, N.L.).Marine Studies Programme
Discipline	Marine Studies
Language	eng
Spatial Coverage	India
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 61-66
Abstract	Women in fishing communities have always been involved either directly or indirectly in the fishing industry, yet their involvement has sometimes been overlooked. In recent decades, changes in both the global fishing industry and the economy have often negatively impacted the lives of India's traditional fisherfolk, a marginalized coastal people. Much can be learned from their experiences. This report examines the experiences of women in two fishery dependent areas of India for their wider lessons. -- From 1952 to 1972 several villages in Kerala, India, received Norwegian fisheries development assistance - the first bilateral development agreement in the Third World. The Indo-Norwegian Fisheries Project (INP) was a community development project that emphasized fisheries development. The construction of a health clinic and wells for safe drinking water have benefitted the women fisherfolk of the area. During another fisheries development initiative in the early 1980s, the Indian government introduced trawlers to several villages in another state, West Bengal. The mechanization of the fishing industries of both Kerala and West Bengal displaced women from traditional activities and changed their work roles. -- These cases are not exceptions; they illustrate a global phenomenon. Industrialization has generally, in the long run, negatively impacted the lives of small-scale artisanal fisherfolk, those most dependent on fishing for subsistence. In response to changes in the biological, economic and social dimensions of the fishing industry India's fishworkers have organized to gain a voice in the decision-making affecting their industry and lives. -- This report concludes with recommendations toward a more beneficial approach to development planning for arsitanal fishing populations. This goal may best be realized by balanced consideration and representation of the voices, roles and needs of both fishermen and women in their industry and community.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	a1522863
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(8.00 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Brake_ConstanceElaine.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	188399.cpd