Safety of Fisher People
–World Fisheries Day 21st November 2013
All over the World Fisher
people are facing violating boarders in
the process of fishing. It is very common in Europe, Gulf Countries, African
Countries, South American Countries, Asian Countries like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
boarders. Nowhere in the world boarders
are earmarked . The Fisher People are facing a lot of hardships like
court cases, due to lack of country visas, etc. It is a perennial problem. There
are many stories like landing I n jails for months and years. There are
criminal charges filed against Fisher
People. Why should these small scale fisher people fishing for livelihood
landing un in jails. What about the
sufferings the families have to undergo. Is there any humanity left in this
World? Is there a way out?
There are many ways to
solve these problems if boarder countries collaborate. We have to make the
United Nations (UN) to involve in this issue. Since World Fisheries Day has
become common all over the World, let us start a campaign to have International
laws to be enacted like Law of the Sea. Every sea boarder between two coastal
countries 50 kms should be declared as Common Peace Area(CPA). If 50 kms are
available let us make it half of the available sea as CPA. In this CPA fisher people in both the countries are free to fish. But
these fisher people should be from these boarder areas and no question of
fishing vessels with foreign flags and foreign investment as well.. There
should not be any destructive fishing gears. If a boarder country has banned
one particular fishing gear the same banning should be applicable in the whole
of CPA. Those who wish to fish should obtain NO OBJECTION IDENTITY CARD counter
signed by both the respective boarder countries. These fisher people should be
owner operators. Each Fishing vessel
should carry a CPA flag. This CPA should be ear marked by floats .
During this year’s
World Fisheries Day let us make this as a campaign all over the World. Please
circulate these boarder problems among us `and the UN. Let us demand for CPA
Law by the UN.
World Forum of Fisher
Peoples (WFFP) 21-11-2013.
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