Time-zoning for the safe-guarding of capture fisheries: A closed season in Tamil Nadu,India |
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| Authors: | M Bavinck L de KlerkD van Dijk JV RothuizenAN Blok JR BokhorstEK van Haastrecht TJC van de LooJGJ Quaedvlieg J Scholtens |
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| Institution: | MARE Centre for Maritime Research, Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | A closed fishing season is arguably the most important fisheries regulation measure implemented by the government of India in the new millennium. Applied mainly to the inshore trawl fishing fleet, the planners’ intention was a safe-guarding of capture fisheries. This article, which is based on fieldwork in seven harbour locations, considers the socio-economic consequences of the closed fishing season for trawler fishermen in the state of Tamil Nadu. It concludes that the success of the ban is based on cooperation between government and local fisher associations, and on broad agreement as to its necessity. Those who are impacted most by the implementation of the closed fishing season are lower-class workers and traders lacking opportunities for alternative employment. |
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| Keywords: | Closed season India Fisheries regulation Industrial fishing Socio-economic impact Fisheries governance |
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