Shambhu Ghatak

Inclusive Media for Change
India

Dear friends,

This is to inform that according to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2012-2021,

http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/newsroom/docs/OECD_FAO_A

g-outlook2012_ENG.pdf

http://www.agri-outlook.org/dataoecd/4/10/50679839.pdf?contentId=

50679840

• Protein meal production in India is expected to rise from an average 16419 thousand tonnes during 2009-11 to 20343 thousand tonnes in 2021.

• Protein meal consumption in India is estimated to rise from an average 11670 thousand tonnes during 2009-11 to 14149 thousand tonnes in 2021.

• Fish and seafood production in India is expected to rise from an average 8869 thousand tonnes during 2009-11 to 11007 thousand tonnes in 2021.

Therefore, it is important to discuss here the role of "catch shares" system, which has become dominant in the West. 

Please check the following links on sustainable fishing:

Who Owns the Fish? -Ariane Wu, Arthur Jones and Susanne Rust, 12 March, 2013,

http://cironline.org/reports/who-owns-fish-4251

System turns US fishing rights into commodity, squeezes small fishermen-Susanne Rust, 12 March, 2013,

http://cironline.org/reports/system-turns-us-fishing-rights-commodity-squeezes-small-fishermen-4250

For a good practice on fishing, please check:

Crab fattening sends her to S. Korea by B. Kolappan, The Hindu, 11 October, 2012,

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/crab-fattening-sends-her-to-s-korea/article3985429.ece?homepage=true    

Regards,

Shambhu Ghatak

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