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Urgent need for financial assistance to fishermen: MS Swaminathan
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SME Times News Bureau | 08 Apr, 2020
With the annual fishing ban to enable breeding of fish to start from
April 15, there is an urgent and immediate need for assistance for
India's marine fishermen, said noted agriculture scientist M.S.
Swaminathan.
In a statement issued here Swaminathan, founder of
the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) said the marine fishers
restricted by the Covid-19 lockdown from March 20, they are
additionally facing the annual fishing ban from April 15 until June 15
along India's east coast.
This means they will potentially be
unable to fish for as many as 90 days and quick and effective
intervention is required to support fishermen.
According to him,
the fishing ban coinciding with the biological breeding period should be
safeguarded; otherwise the reproductive cycle of the fish will be
interrupted with long-term consequences.
"Adjustments are needed
to provide immediate relief to COVID-19-affected fishing communities.
This should not be connected to regular payments like fishing ban
compensation," he said.
The daily earnings of small scale fishers
has been affected in all the coastal districts and they struggle to
market their catch and also suffer about 30 per cent lower rate now,
MSSRF said.
The MSSRF said, with people buying less fish the income of vendors has been affected.
Migrants
to Kerala and Karnataka for fishing activities are without work due to
national lockdown and some households have been reduced to one meal a
day.
The statement said trawler fishers, those with storage
facilities can preserve their catch from before March 20, for marketing
later. Those without storage facilities are severely affected.
With the export market also on standby, the entire fishing sector chain and its allied sectors are adversely affected.
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