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Co-management Paradigm and Sociological Issues in Fishery Management Regime in the Indian Context : A Perspective on Re-invigoration In: ICAR Sponsored Winter School on Recent Advances in Fishery Biology Techniques for Biodiversity Evaluation and Conservation, 1-21 December 2018, Kochi.

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Title Co-management Paradigm and Sociological
Issues in Fishery Management Regime in the
Indian Context : A Perspective on Re-invigoration In: ICAR Sponsored Winter School on Recent Advances in Fishery Biology Techniques for Biodiversity Evaluation and Conservation, 1-21 December 2018, Kochi.
 
Creator Vipinkumar, V P
 
Subject Fisheries Management
Marine Fisheries
 
Description There is a query which often becomes prominent and conspicuous, while speaking about the
present fishery management system prevailing in a developing country like India. Do the fishery
management regime and legal aspects in the Indian context require a reinvigoration? The answer
for the question is in a way ‘yes’ and ‘no’ to be exact. It is likely to be a debatable issue highlighting
both affirmative and negative sides in the strict literal sense. Rather than exploring the intricacies
of the meaning of ‘re-invigoration’ with a surgical postmortem approach, this paper is a simple and
subtle effort on addressing the sociological issues by harnessing the paradigm of co-management
ultimately for augmenting the fishery management perspective in the Indian context. It is a truth
that, in the scenario of Indian Fisheries Management regime, the ‘questions’ are very tough and
timid, but answers are so simple and known to everyone, though the impediment is the practical
implementation part. The open access regime prevailing in the harvesting of marine fishery resources
in our country warrants stronger emphasis on invoking technological innovations as well as
management paradigms that reconcile livelihood issues with concerns on resource conservation. It
is a truth that, innovations do not emerge in a socio-political vacuum. Definitely it is the extent of
partnership between the research and the client system that decides the fate of any technology in
terms of its adoption or rejection. Judicious and rational utilization of common property resources
for sustainable development without endangering the environment is possible through community
participation. For more than 6 million fishers and fish farmers, fisheries are a source of livelihood in
India. Fisheries sector has recorded faster growth as compared to the agricultural sector in all the
decades and is contributing in a significant way to the economic growth of the nation. The vast
Exclusive Economic Zone of 2.02 million sq. km of ocean under the possession of India is more than
two third of its land area. Marine fishing has been considered a primary livelihood option since
time immemorial, for the occupants of the coastal belts of the country.
 
Date 2018
 
Type Teaching Resource
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13339/1/38-Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Advances%20in%20Fishery%20Biology%20Techniques%20for%20Biodiversity%20Evaluation%20and%20Conservation_2018_VipinKumar.pdf
Vipinkumar, V P (2018) Co-management Paradigm and Sociological Issues in Fishery Management Regime in the Indian Context : A Perspective on Re-invigoration In: ICAR Sponsored Winter School on Recent Advances in Fishery Biology Techniques for Biodiversity Evaluation and Conservation, 1-21 December 2018, Kochi. [Teaching Resource]