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Fishing Sector

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION 5
2. DATA COLLECTION & METHODOLOGY 5
2.1 Sources of Data 5
2.1.1 Primary Sources 5
2.1.2 Secondary Sources 5
3. LIMITATIONS 5
4. PEOPLE, HISTORY AND CULTURE 6
5. UNIQUENESS 7
6. LIVELIHOOD 7
6.1 Fishery Based Livelihoods 7
6.1.1 Owners 8
6.1.2 Crew members (may own nets) 8
6.2 Fibre Reinforced inboard Boats: FRB-IB 9
6.3 Fibre Reinforced out Board Boats: FRB-OB 9
7. ANNANKOIL 10
8. PROCESSING AND MARKETING THE CATCH 12
9. FISH COMPANIES 13
10. SIFFS INTERVENTION 14
10.1 Current issues 15
11. EDUCATIONAL STATUS IN THE VILLAGE 16
11.1 Schools 17
12. MIGRATION 18
12.1 Inference 20
13. TSUNAMI 22
14. NGO INTERVENTIONS 23
14.1 Efficiency of NGOs interventions 24
14.2 Basic issues identified from various schemes 24
14.2.1 Anganwadi 24
14.2.2 Information centre / Library 25
14.2.3 Computer centre 25
14.2.4 Multi-ownership system of boats 26
14.2.5 SHG for women 27
14.2.6 Fund provided for re-establishment of small petty shops 27
14.2.7 Sanitation facilities 28
14.2.8 Increase in the returns of sales of fish 28
14.2.9 People perception on the various schemes 28
15. PANCHAYAT 29
15.1 Fishermen Traditional Panchayat 29
16. Public Distribution System 29

List of tables
Table 1: Seasonality of catch 13
Table 2: Educational status in the village 16
Table 3: Magnitude of Migration 19
Table 4: NGO's and their work 24
Table 5: Supply of essentials under PDS 30

List of figures
Figure 1: Traditional Model 12

List of Annexure/Appendices

ANNEXURE I 31
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION 31
ANNEXURE II: 31
PRA Exercises: 31
ANNEXURE III: 32
PROFILE OF FIVE POOR AND FIVE RICH FAMILIES: 32
APPENDIX 1 35
“MY FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES AND LEARNINGS” 35
APPENDIX 2 38
“MY FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES AND LEARNINGS” 38
APPENDIX 3 40
“REFLECTIONS ON RURAL ACTION COMPONENT (RAC)” 40
TASK: Lessons from past NGO interventions in the village “Chinnoor South” 40

1. INTRODUCTION

The smell of the sea and the glimpsing...