The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), with financial support from Heinrich Böll Stiftung-India, undertook a study in 2011 with the aim to highlight the perspectives of fishing communities on climate change and its implications on their lives and livelihoods, and to highlight the importance of developing and implementing adaptation and mitigation measures through consultative processes to address their poverty and food-security issues. The study was undertaken in selected locations in four coastal states of India, two on the east coast (Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal) and two on the west coast (Maharashtra and Kerala). Alongside the fishing communities, relevant institutional stakeholders in fisheries were consulted for their perspectives on climate change and to assess the current policy/institutional/research framework to deal with the issue. This summary document presents the key findings from the study as well as suggested actions to reduce vulnerability and enhance the resilience of fishers.