National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop (Marine Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 13-15 October 2022

National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop (Marine Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines
Asha Nivas, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
13-15 October, 2022

The negotiated Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines) were endorsed by the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at its Thirty-first Session in June 2014. The implementation of the SSF Guidelines is identified as a significant step for enhancing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to nutrition and food security.

As part of the implementation process, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust is organizing a National Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop at Chennai, from 13-15 October 2022. Key fishworker representatives (One man and one woman) from Andhra Pradesh, Goa , Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are expected to attend the workshop.

Workshop Materials

• Programme
• Concept Note in English, Marathi, Malayalam
• Questionnaire in English, Marathi,  Malayalam, Telugu
• Registration Form
• Report on National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on the SSF Guidelines (Marine Fisheries) 13-15 October 2022, Asha Nivas Social Service Centre, Chennai, India by Ahana Lakshmi and Nivedita Shridhar
• Participants list
• Feedback Form
• Feedback from the Participants

Links to other workshops

• Workshop on Sea Safety and Fisheries Management: Training and Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments, 01-02 March 2023, Kerala, India
• National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop (Inland Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines, Seva Kendra, Kolkata, West Bengal, 22-24 December 2022
• National Workshop: SSF Guidelines and Women in Fisheries, India, Asha Nivas, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 8 to 10 April 2022

Photos

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3

Presentations

Day 1

• Life and Livelihood on the Coast: Moving from Custom to Claims, Rights and Tenure by Dr. John Kurien, Trustee, ICSF in Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil and Malayalam
• Day 1: Activity by Facilitator by Ms. Sarita Fernandes, Ocean, Coastal and Ecological Alliance Network, Question No.1, Question No.2
• Background Note: Establishing Rights on Land & Sea: Challenges facing the Marine Fishing Communities of India by V.Vivekanandan, Trustee, ICSF
• Establishing Rights on Land & Sea: Challenges facing the Marine Fishing Communities of India by V.Vivekanandan, Trustee, ICSF (in Telugu, Bengali and Gujarati)
• Marine Fisheries Management in India: Current Practices and Future Needs by Dr. K Sunil Mohamed, Principal Scientist (Retired) & Former Head of Division (Molluscan Fisheries), CMFRI, SSNI (in Telugu, Tamil and Gujarati)
• Status of Marine Fish Stocks: India by Sathianandan. TV, Principal Scientist (Retired) & Former Head of Division, FRA, CMFRI (in Telugu and Gujarati)

Day 2

• WTO and Fisheries Subsidies: Implications for India by Dr. John Kurien, Trustee, ICSF (in Marathi, Telugu, Bengali and Gujarati)
• WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies by Mr. Sebastian Mathew, Executive Trustee, ICSF (in Telugu, Bengali and Gujarati)
• Public Expenditure and Coastal Fishing Communities: India by Dr. Ananthan PS, Principal Scientist, Social Sciences Division, CIFE (in Telugu and Gujarati)

Day 3

• Linking the SSF Guidelines with List of Schemes in Coastal States of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat by Dr Ahana Lakshmi, Consultant, ICSF and Independent Researcher (in Telugu, Bengali and Gujarati)
• Coastal Land Rights: Koliwadas and the Koli Community, Maharashtra by Mr. Vedant Katkar, Advocate High Court, Mumbai (in Telugu, Bengali and Gujarati)
• Coastal Land Rights and India: Social and Economic Issues by Ms. Manju Menon, Senior Fellow and Ms. Kanchi Kohli, Senior Researcher, CPR (in Telugu, Bengali and Gujarati)
• Planning for the State Level TOT Workshops by Ms. Nivedita Shridhar and N.Venugopalan, ICSF (in Bengali, Telugu and Gujarati)

State Level Capacity Development Training Workshops

• Reports of the State-Level Capacity Development Training Workshops on the SSF Guidelines
• Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam)
• Goa (Vasco)
• Gujarat (Bharuch)
• Karnataka (Honavar)
• Kerala (Alappuzha)
• Maharashtra (Mumbai)
• Odisha (Bhubaneswar)
• Tamil Nadu (Chennai)
• West Bengal (Kolkata)

Marine Fisheries Policy

• West Bengal (2015)
• Odisha (2015)
• Andhra Pradesh (2015-2020)
  • Policy guidance on sustaining the marine fisheries of Andhra Pradesh
• Tamil Nadu (2022-2023)
• Kerala (2019)
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands (2018)

Marine Fisheries Legislation

• Statewise Marine Fisheries Act, Rules, Administrative Orders and Notifications compiled by ICSF

Fisheries Sector Support Schemes in India

• Fisheries Sector Support Schemes in India: 2022-2023 compiled by ICSF (Linking with SSF Guidelines Chapters)
• Fisheries Sector Support Schemes in India 2019-2020 compiled by ICSF
• Fisheries Sector Support Schemes in India 2016-2017 compiled by ICSF

News Articles Compilation from South Asia News Alerts from January 2020 to September 2022

• West Bengal
• Odisha
• Andhra Pradesh
• Tamil Nadu
• Puducherry
• Kerala
• Karnataka
• Goa
• Maharashtra
• Gujarat

Resources

• SSF Guidelines translations in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Odia and Bengali
• SSF Guidelines summary translations in Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Odia and Bengali
• Making Small-scale Artisanal Fishing Zones Work!: Research study on the tenure rights of the most vulnerable and marginalized fishers in Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh by Vishakha Gupta, 2022
• Report of the working group for revalidating the potential of fishery resources in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone, December 2011
• Report of the Expert Committee for Revalidation of the Potential Yield of Fishery Resources in the Indian EEZ, September 2018
• Report of the working group for revalidating the potential of fishery resources in the Indian EEZ, October 2000
• Report of the Murari Technical Committee on the deep sea fishing industry in India, February 1996
• Report of the workshop on National Fisheries Policy (Draft), 15-17 July 2004, Animation Centre, Kovalam, Kerala, India
• Report of the committee on delimitation of fishing zones for different types of fishing boats: Majumdar committee report
• Report of the expert committee constituted for comprehensive review of the deep sea fishing policy and guidelines submitted to department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries, ministry of agriculture, government of India – Meena Kumari report
• Coastal Zone Management notification ’07: Better of bitter fare? Manju Menon
• Coastal regulation in India: Why do we need a new notification?
• Save the coast, save the fishers: Report of the “Machhimar Adhikar Rashtriya Abhiyan”, May – November 2008
• The Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 2011: A primer for coastal fishing communities in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya and Bengali languages by ICSF
• The challenged coast of India – A report
• Mukkuvar modernity: Development as a cultural identity, Ajantha Subramanian
• Dossier on the campaign against CZM Notification by NFF
• Coastal Land Rights of Fishing Communities: Claims for survival by Sudarshan Rodriguez
• CZMAs and Coastal Environments: Two Decades of Regulating Land Use Change on India’s Coastline by Manju Menon, et al.
• Legal concepts and principles governing coastal and marine commons by Alphonsa Jojan et al.

• Role of Collective Action and Governance in Implementing Sustainable Fishing Practices: A Case Study of Karnataka Marine Fisheries by S. Gunakar, 2018
• The Role of Traditional Panchayats in Coastal Fishing Communities in Tamil Nadu, with Special Reference to their Role in Mediating Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation by N.B. Gomathy
• Biswal, Rajib, Derek Johnson, and Fikret Berkes. “Social wellbeing and commons management failure in a smallscale bag net fishery in Gujarat, India
• Karnad, Divya. Locating effective commons and community in Maharashtra State’s Fisheries, India
• Karnad, Divya, 2017. Navigating customary law and state fishing legislation to create effective fisheries governance in India
• Compilation of Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Marine Fisheries Sector of Karnataka
• Investigating the Waterfront: The Entangled Sociomaterial Transformations of Coastal Space in Karnataka, India
• Kurien, John, The blessing of the commons: small-scale fisheries, community property rights, and coastal natural assets
• Factoring social and cultural dimensions into food and livelihood security issues of marine fisheries: A case study of Kerala state, India by John Kurien
• Ruining the Commons And Responses of the Commoners: Coastal Overfishing and Fishworkers’actions In Kerala State, India by John Kurien
• More than just access to fish: the pros and cons of fisher participation in a customary marine tenure (Padu) system under pressure by Sarah Coulthard 
• Developing a people-centred approach to the coastal management of Pulicat lake, a threatened coastal lagoon in South India by Sarah Coulthard 
• Community management of fisheries: is this the panacea? by Venkatachalam, Ragupathy
• Traditional community-based fisheries management systems in Andhra Pradesh, India by Venkatesh Salagrama

Films and Infographics

• Infographic video on SSF guidelines

• SSF Guidelines: Governance of tenure and resource management

ICSF’s Publications

Workshop Reports

• Report on National Workshop on SSF Guidelines and Women in Fisheries, India, 8 -10 April, 2022, Asha Nivas Social Service Centre, Chennai, India by Mythili DK and Nivedita Shridhar
• Report of the National Workshop on Panchayats (Local Self-Governments) and the FAO Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala, India, 5th – 6th November, 2019
• Report of the Brainstorming Session for the National Workshop on Enhancing Capacities of Women Fishworkers in India for the Implementation of the SSF Guidelines, Ashir Bhawan, Ernakulam, Kerala, 15‐16 May, 2019
• Improving Inland Fisheries Governance in India: In the Context of the Draft National Policy on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture, India, and the FAO SSF Guidelines, 6th – 7th September 2019, Kolkata, India
• National Workshop: 2017 National Policy on Marine Fisheries, India  and the SSF Guidelines, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 19th to 21st July 2019
• Report of the National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management 29 to 30 May, 2018, Kerala, India by Ahana Lakshmi, 2018
• Report on workshop on enhancing capacities of women fishworkers in India for the implementation of the ssf guidelines, 21–23 November 2016, Ashoka Hall, Asha Nivas Social Service Centre, Chennai, India
• Report of the Round Table of Women in Small-scale Fisheries in Goa, 19 February 2017, Panaji, Goa. Organized by International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust with Saad Aangan
• Report of the one-day state-level workshop on “implementation of voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication” on 6 November, 2016, at Malpe Fish-merchants’ Community Hall, Malpe Fishing Bunder, Malpe, Udupi district, Karnataka, India, organized by ICSF Trust
• Report of WFF-WFFP-ICSF-CIC  National Workshop on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines), Multi-Purpose Hall, India International Centre, New Delhi, 21-22 March 2016
• Report of the ICSF-BOBLME India (East Coast) Workshop: Implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines), 6-7 March 2015, Chennai, India
• International Workshop on Towards Socially Just and Sustainable Fisheries: ICSF Workshop on Implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines)- Report, 21 – 24 July 2014, Puducherry, India
• MPA Workshop proceedings: Fishery-Dependent Livelihoods, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity : The Case of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in India, 1-2 March 2012 , India International Centre, New Delhi, India
• Report of the Workshop and symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries: Towards FAO Guidelines on Marine and Inland Small-Scale Fisheries,   19-21 September 2011, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• WIF Workshop on Recasting the Net: Defining a Gender Agenda for Sustaining Life and Livelihoods in Fishing Communities, Mahabalipuram, India, 7-10 July 2010
• WIF India workshop:  Enhancing Women’s Roles in Fisheries in India , 1-3 February 2010, YUVA Centre, Navi Mumbai, India
• The India MPA Workshop Proceedings – Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Areas Implementation in India: Do Fishing Communities Benefit?, 21-22 January 2009, IMAGE Auditorium, Chennai, India
• Regional Workshop on Post-tsunami Rehabilitation of Fishing Communities and Fisheries-based Livelihoods, 18-19 January 2006, Chennai, India
• Proceedings of the Indian Ocean Conference- Forging Unity: Coastal Communities and the Indian Ocean’s Future, 9-13 October 2001, India

Case Studies and Reports

• Making Small-scale Artisanal Fishing Zones Work!: Research study on the tenure rights of the most vulnerable and marginalized fishers in Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh by Vishakha Gupta, 2022
• A Review of Governance and Tenure in Inland Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture Systems of India by Nachiket Kelkar, 2019
• Study on Cyclone Ockhi: Disaster Risk Management and Sea Safety in the Indian Marine Fisheries Sector by Manas Roshan, 2018
• A Study of Migrant Fishers from Andhra Pradesh in the Gujarat Marine Fishing Industry by Manash Roshan, 2016
• Mumbai Fish Markets: A Mapping Exercise by Shuddhawati Peke, 2016
• Tamil Nadu: Ten Years after the Tsunami – Learning from intervention in shelter and fisheries livelihoods, 2015
• Changes in the labour roles of women in the small-scale fishery in Kerala by Nalini Nayak, 2015
• Seawalls, Groynes and Breakwaters: Their impacts onthe Kerala’s beaches and small-scale fisheries by D. Nandakumar and A.J.Vijayan, 2015
• Pros and Cons of High Catch Fishing in Traditional Fisheries since 90’s in Kerala by Protsahan, 2015
• Organizational Arrangements in the Fisheries of Kerala: A Case study of Kerala State Cooperative Federation for Fisheries Development Ltd (Matsyafed) since 90’s in Kerala by Titto D’Cruz. S, 2015
• Re-configuring the small-scale fishery of Kerala State: An initiative to revive the discussions on the relevance of the small-scale fishery and the challenges it currently faces in Kerala State by Protsahan, 2015
• Tenure rights and fishing communities in Maharashtra by Shuddhawati Peke, 2015
• Eyes on their Fingertips: Some Aspects of the Arts, Science, Technology and Culture of the Fisherfolk of Trivandrum, India by Robert Panipilla, 2015
• Perspectives of the Fishers and Fishworkers on the East coast of India: Implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) by Venkatesh Salagrama, 2015
• The Sundarbans Fishers: Coping in an Overly Stressed Mangrove Estuary by Santanu Chacraverti, 2015
• Dry fish trade practises in Village of Raigad, Maharashtra: A Case study by Shuddhawati Peke, 2014
• A Participatory Study of the Traditional Knowledge of Fishing Communities in the Gulf of Mannar, India by Robert Panipilla and Marirajan T., 2014
• Women Fish Vendors in Mumbai: Report of the Workshop on Women Fish Vendors In Mumbai, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), 2-3 December 2012, Mumbai, India
• Women Fish Vendors in Mumbai: Study Report by Shuddhawati Peke, 2013
• Climate Change and Fisheries: Perspectives from Small-scale Fishing Communities in India on Measures to Protect Life and Livelihood, by Venkatesh Salagrama, 2012
• Where Tradition is a way of life: Traditional Knowledge in the U.T of Lakshadweep, India by Anitha S, 2012
• Review of Literature for ICSF Study on “Climate Change and Fisheries: Perspectives from Small-scale Fishing Communities in India on Measures to Protect Life and Livelihood” by Ahana Lakshmi, 2011
• Women in fisheries case studies: India by Dharmesh Shah, 2010
• Women fish vendors in India: An information booklet
• The Gulf of Kutch Marine National Park and Sanctuary: A Case Study by Nilanjana Biswas, 2009
• Social Dimensions of Sea Turtle Protection in Orissa, India: A Case Study of the Gahirmatha (Marine) Wildlife Sanctuary band the Nesting Beaches of Rushikulya and Debi
• Fishing Community Issues in the Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR): Report byVarsha Patel and Ramya Rajagopalan, 2009
• Marine Protected Areas in India by Ramya Rajagopalan, 2008
• Untangling subsidies, supporting fisheries: The WTO fisheries subsidies debate and developing-country priorities by John Kurien, 2006
• Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation of Fisheries Livelihoods: ICSF Information Dossier
• Draft report on damage assessment and livelihood rehabilitation strategy for tsunami affected coastal fishers in Tamil Nadu, India undertaken for the international fund for agricultural development (IFAD)
• Coastal Fisheries and Poverty: The Case of India for International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), ICSF, 2003
• Nets for Social Safety – An Analysis of the Growth and Changing Composition of Social Security Programmes in the Fisheries Sector of Kerala State, India by John Kurien and Antonyto Paul, 2000
• Study of territorial use rights in Small-scale fisheries: Traditional systems of fisheries management in Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, Sebastian Mathew, 1991

ICSF’s Presentations

• Manas, Roshan. 2021. Maharashtra women fishworker’s concerns
• Roshan, Manas. 2021. International legal framework for fisheries and fishworkers in India
• Mathew, Sebastian. 2021. Sustainable fisheries: A policy perspective for India
• Venugopalan, N. 2020. Implementing the SSF Guidelines at the National and Sub-national Levels: Challenges and Opportunities
• Roshan, Manas. 2019. Decent work for fishers and fishworkers in India
• Venugopalan.N. and Roshan, Manas. 2019. National Policy on Marine Fisheries 2017: Action Points
• Venugopalan.N. 2018. Observations on preferential access
• Venugopalan, N. 2018. Inaugural address for consultative meeting on livelihood issues of inland small scale fish workers, 10 July 2018
• Roshan, Manas. 2018. Cyclone Ockhi, Small-Scale Fisheries and Disaster Risk Management in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals
• N. Venugopalan. 2017. Progress of VGSSF in Asian countries

Related Websites:

• ICSF’s website on SSF Guidelines

SSF Guidelines