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The National Fishworkers Forum, in a letter to the Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, has also appealed to the Centre to resist at the upcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations any proposals to eliminate subsidies for small and traditional fishworkers

The National Fishworkers Forum on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif to release over 750 prisoners (fisher folks) languishing in the jails of both countries.Morbi-based Usman Ghani, the ...

The boat owned by Benhar Johnny Buty named “Jalrani” belongs to Uttan village.

At the coming COP27, India is pushing for a finance facility that could cover monetary losses caused by climate change.

Unseasonal rain and extreme weather events affect agricultural productivity and fish stock of farmers and fisherfolk in Maharashtra. At COP27, India is pushing for a finance facility that could cover such monetary losses caused by climate change

Existing insurance schemes for fishers cover only death, accident and total vessel loss. They do not cover losses due to declining catch and damage to equipment, vessels and infrastructure, which are becoming increasingly common due to extreme weather events caused by global heating.