Ocean and Climate information forecast services: Evaluations from the Fisher Folk communities of the West and East Coast of India

Shyam, S Salim and Monolisha, S and Nair, T M Balakrishnan and Raju, S S and Smitha, R X (2022) Ocean and Climate information forecast services: Evaluations from the Fisher Folk communities of the West and East Coast of India. In: Fish for Nutritional Security and Economic Sustainability – Book of Abstracts, 12th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum. Asian Fisheries Society, p. 874.

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Abstract

In comparison to the South-Asian countries, India tends to be high in range, experiencing the impact of the vicious spiral paradox between disaster, environment sustainability and coastal vulnerability. In order to address this discourse on the role of scientific and technological advancements in climate and weather forecast for the coastal communities, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and its branching institutions provides the ocean state information to all the seafaring communities and organizations. In serving this purpose, the current work was focused on gauging the extent of adoption of the scientific weather forecast services towards the fisher folk communities across the two coastal states of India. The work aims to ascertain on the future needs of the fishers in terms of technology development and dissemination. About 1240 individual respondents were surveyed along the two coastal states, Andhra Pradesh (523 respondents off the East coast) and Kerala (717 respondents off the West coast) of India. Multistage random sampling method was used for selecting study locations and sample size to be surveyed in each coastal state/union territory. The primary data collection was carried out through questionnaire survey from each fisher respondents during the months of June 2018 to December 2019. 47% are registered users of the INCOIS services and 53% are non-registered users reliant on the ocean information services from other weather forecast departments and organisations. In light of this background, this article concurs with studies that propose a framework for the integration of ITK with scientific forecasting for improved seasonal predictions in order to reduce climate risks and vulnerability

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Climate Change; Disasters; Vulnerability; Scientific Forecast; Incois; Traditional Knowledge
Subjects:	Oceanography > Coastal Zone Management Marine Fisheries > Climate Change Marine Fisheries > Forecast
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 05:49
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2024 05:49
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/18865

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