Assessing labour migration patterns in marine fisheries sector across coastal India: Reflections for the future

Shyam, S Salim and Raju, S S and Narayanakumar, R and Anuja, A R and Aswathy, N and Shinu, A M (2022) Assessing labour migration patterns in marine fisheries sector across coastal India: Reflections for the future. In: Fish for Nutritional Security and Economic Sustainability – Book of Abstracts, 12th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum. Asian Fisheries Society, p. 857.

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Abstract

The Indian marine fisheries sector is no longer a subsistence sector; with a landing of 3.56 MT providing direct employment to over 1.5 million fisher people besides others indirectly dependent on the sector. Over the years there has been a change in the fishing operations, a paradigm shift from single-day fishing to multiday fishing and targeted fishing, coupled with the ever-increasing demand for fish leading to “Employment imbalance”. The migration of labour has become an important feature of the globalizing world, accompanied by many economic, social and political concerns. Income inequalities, climate change, demographic shift and conflicts had contributed much to the migration of labour in search of employment and security. Hence a study over labour migration as an adaptive or coping strategy has its own relevance in the current scenario. This study is investigative research on labour migration and alternative avocation in the marine fisheries sector. The empirical evidence presented in the study explores the reasons, problems, income and savings and the seasonality of the migrants. The study assessed the migrant labour pattern across the six coastal states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, Gujarat and Maharashtra. The migrant labour pattern indicated that in Kerala majority of the respondents are from Tamil Nadu, in Tamil Nadu majority from Andhra Pradesh, in Karnataka from Jharkhand and in Maharashtra majority of the respondent is from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and in Orissa from Andhra Pradesh. The study identified unemployment as the main problem faced by the workers in the fishing industry which necessitates the need for labour migration. Moreover, income inequality, climate change, demographic shift and conflicts also contributed much to labour migration in search of employability and security..

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Migration; Globalizing; Climate Change; Fisher Folks
Subjects:	Marine Fisheries > Shifting Baseline Marine Fisheries Marine Fisheries > Climate Change
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	19 Sep 2024 05:45
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2024 05:45
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/18863

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