Fishermen, stakeholders form a joint front against marine mining

The Kerala Fisheries Coordination Committee, a joint platform of fishers and other stakeholders, has stated that they will put a joint front of the central government against the proposal to move away from the Kerala coast for the Kerala coast and sand for sand.

General convenor of the Coordination Committee PP Chithrjan said that the opposition of sea mining would get its first public expression in a day for a day.27 February. Trade unions appealed to the Fisher’s community and other stakeholders to work to protest and make it successful.

Beyond heart

From 27 FebruaryHartal, fishermen leaders will meet on 14 February to discuss the fine details of protests in Najrakkal and Manseri in Ernakulam district. There will be a publicity rally on 20 February, which will be inaugurated by Munamam Santosh. The publicity rally has been slated to end in funny on the same day at Chalanham Coastal Panchayat.

The Fisher’s Union also said that a state-level conference of the Coordination Committee will be held on 17 February at Kollam. A parliamentary march will be organized by stakeholders on 10 March. Deep C mining was recommended after Geological Survey of Geological Survey. India identified the significant amount of sand deposits along the Kerala coast.

Coordinating Committee convenor Charles George alleged that the permission to private companies for maritime mining is a step to change the common property in private property. He said that the Fisters community and other coastal stakeholders. After recommending this by the Meenakumari Committee, it was successfully opposed a step to license large fishing ships.

The seven-member Meenakumari panel reviewed India’s deep sea fishing policy and headed by B. Meenacumari, Deputy Director General of Fisheries, was chaired by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

Spontaneous opposition

There have been spontaneous protests against the step of the licenseDark sea mining. The Kerala State Matsya Thojilly Federation (an independent union of traditional fishermen) staged a protest against the decision to introduce deep sea mining on Kollam Beach last week.