The paper reviews the status of coastal small scale fisheries sector in South Asian countries including India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with special focus on women. Fisher folk have always been very poor and amongst the most marginalized communities, often exploited by middlemen and merchants. Middlemen have control over credit and fish marketing, which drains away the surplus generated and often make them indebted. Microfinance can make a difference in the life of coastal small scale fishermen and small scale aquaculturists. Though there is lack of data, the paper attempts to quantify the credit gap after estimating the present level of demand flow etc. The details of various models by intermediary people’s organizations such as SIFFS, DHAN Foundation, Bangladesh Grameen Bank model, NCDC model and Matsyafed model are discussed in detail. In the absence of adequate institutional credit, the fisher folk’s only recourse is the informal credit system for which the fishermen have to pay a heavy price in terms of high interest outgo as well as selling the prime quality catch at a predetermined rate that may be half the market price. It is in this background the microfinance services extended by Bangladesh Grameen Bank in general and the integrated microfinance program extended by SIFFS to the sector appear to be noteworthy. The role of women and the difficulties faced, are analyzed. The study also points out the need for financial inclusion of the fish workers in South Asia.
The paper reviews the status of coastal small scale fisheries sector in South Asian countries including India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with special focus on women. Fisher folk have always been very poor and amongst the most marginalized communities, often exploited by middlemen and merchants. Middlemen have control over credit and fish marketing, which drains away the surplus generated and often make them indebted. Microfinance can make a difference in the life of coastal small scale fishermen and small scale aquaculturists. Though there is lack of data, the paper attempts to quantify the credit gap after estimating the present level of demand flow etc. The details of various models by intermediary people’s organizations such as SIFFS, DHAN Foundation, Bangladesh Grameen Bank model, NCDC model and Matsyafed model are discussed in detail. In the absence of adequate institutional credit, the fisher folk’s only recourse is the informal credit system for which the fishermen have to pay a heavy price in terms of high interest outgo as well as selling the prime quality catch at a predetermined rate that may be half the market price. It is in this background the microfinance services extended by Bangladesh Grameen Bank in general and the integrated microfinance program extended by SIFFS to the sector appear to be noteworthy. The role of women and the difficulties faced, are analyzed. The study also points out the need for financial inclusion of the fish workers in South Asia.
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The increasing demand for food fish has led to increasing demand on aquaculture resources in terms land, water and inputs like energy and fish meal etc. Since aquaculture resource like any other resource is finite hence proper utilization of the resource needs to be based on sound
principles of planning taking into account 1. Sustainable use of resource within the limits of ‘the carrying capacity of the environment’ 2. Selection of technology in terms of its nutrient loading and waste mitigation capacity, 3. Common resource use and 4. Economic return.
The present assessment of the ‘Area Capacity’ of the Norwegian marine area in terms of aquaculture production is set on projected yield of 300 tons for cage volume of 12000 m3. The benchmark under reference is regulating Norwegian fish farming for nearly a decade while the emission levels has undergone sea change on account of development of new technology. The present study indicates the possibility of harnessing 600 to 3000 tons per unit, given the same cage volume as specified under the coastal zone management program known as ‘LENKA’, by adopting the recent technology innovations without altering the benchmark in terms of nutrient loadings.
