Co-management and Livelihood Enhancement Planning in Coastal Artisanal Fisheries - Final Report
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A one and half year action-research project entitled “Co-management and Livelihood Enhancement Planning in Coastal Artisanal Fisheries” was awarded to the Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning (FERAL) in May 2006. The primary objectives of the project were to develop micro-plans for fisheries villages and the fisheries department at the district level. The project was supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as the Team for Recovery Support (FA O-UNTRS) and was successfully concluded in September 2008. This project was based on extensive documentation of artisanal fishing settlements and fisheries which feed into micro-plans and co-management meetings. The projects area extended from Villupuram district in the North to Cuddalore district in the South, including the Union Territory of Puducherry. A total of 62 artisanal fishing settlements were surveyed as part of the project. Among the studies that were taken up were a census of fami ly composition, primary and secondary occupations and craft ownership covering 62 villages falling in the three clusters that corresponded to the different districts. Simultaneously, and assessment of livelihood enhancement and diversification opportunities was made in the same 22 villages. Parallel to the surveys, regular meetings were held with representatives of traditional fishing panchayats in 62 settlements. These culminated in district level discussions between these representatives and o fficials from the district fisheries administration.