The Documentation Centre of ICSF was initiated in 1999, in Chennai, India.

What do you do with all those planks and sections of pipe left over from building a boat? The South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS) has demonstrated how boatyard trash can be put to good use. The SIFFS has used fibre glass and plywood ...

In the coastal area of Valiathura in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram, relief camps have become a common sight. Since June, as many as 134 families of Kochuthoppu and Valiathura- coastal villages of Thiruvananthapuram have been living in three schools, and i...

The Department of Meteorology forecasts heavy showers in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-Western provinces. Deputy Director of the Department Meril Mendis said that thundershowers could also be expected in certain areas. The highest rainfall...

We applaud the government for its successful endeavours to increase fish production in the country—efforts that have resulted in Bangladesh ranking third in producing fish from inland water bodies, according to a report by the UN’s Food and Agricultur...

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) organized a National Workshop towards developing an implementation plan for India’s 2018 (Draft) National Policy on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture (NIFAP). The workshop was held in Kolkata ...

A number of farmer organisations, trade unions, livestock and fisheries groups and civil society bodies have written an open letter to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stating that most of them had not been consulted on the on-going negotiations for the pro...

Fishermen of Nambiar Nagar in Nagapattinam district are contributing a whopping Rs 11.43 crore towards construction of a mini fishing harbour in their village. This, they hope will help bring to an end a long time enmity with their neighbours Akkaraipetta...

The drive launched by the Fisheries Department to curb juvenile fishing in coastal waters has invited the wrath of boat owners, who are planning to launch a stir alleging harassment. The department had launched the drive following a decision taken in a me...

Is farm credit going into the right hands? Well, the country’s apex bank has questioned it. In the latest report of its Internal Working Group to review agricultural credit, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says it found that in some states, credit disbu...

In a bid to recoup what it sees as lost revenue, the Sindh government has decided to regularise all ‘illegal’ jetties being operated privately along the coastal belt of the province. The move, however, has raised serious concerns among Sindh’s fishi...