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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 109758 |
| CIS number |
09-611 |
| Year |
2003 |
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| Author(s) |
Kumar K.G. |
| Title |
Dangerous calling - The life-and-death matter of safety at sea: A collection of articles from SAMUDRA Report |
| Bibliographic information |
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), 27 College Road, Chennai 600 006, India, 2003. vi, 37p. Illus. |
| Internet access |
http://aquacomm.fcla.edu/264/1/Dangerous_calling.pdf [in English]
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| Abstract |
Fishing is arguably the world's most dangerous vocation, reporting the highest rate of occupational fatalities among industries, made only worse by declining fish prices, overfished waters and shortened fishing seasons. As fishermen are forced to move farther away from the shore in search of scarce resources, the dangers they face are many: bad weather, rough seas, flooding, fire, poor vessel design, mechanical problems, navigational error and missing safety equipment. For the small-scale and artisanal fishers of developing countries, these problems are compounded several times over, as shown in this series of case studies and accident descriptions in the small-scale fishing sector in India. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
India; coastal fishing; accident descriptions |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
informal sector; developing countries; case study; small enterprises |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | India |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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| Browse category(ies) |
Fishing
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