1. Tsunami’s and a Secure Future Dr. John Kurien Centre for Development Studies Trivandrum, Kerala

2. Ecosystem understanding

4. Continental shelf configuration Gentle slope Low surf Steep slope High surf

5. Fishery resource configuration 50m 90 per cent of fishery resource is in 10 per cent of the sea area closest to the coast

6. Initial conditions

7. Green belt cover Mangrove Seagrass, coral reefs Social forestry

9. Low impact areas: Point Calimere (gentle slope and high green cover)

10. High impact areas: Velakkanni (steep slope, no green cover, CRZ violations)

11. High impact areas:Nagapattinam (steep slope, no green cover, CRZ violations)

12. Fisherfolk as outliers

13. Coastal Information Coastal length:1076 km »East coast: 1016 km »West coast: 60km Number of coastal districts: 13 Number of marine fishing villages: 591 Total marine fisherfolk population: 737,203 Number of fishing craft: 68,036 »Mechanized craft: 11,889 »Vallam: 23,109 »Catamarans:33,038

14. District-wise information

15. Density

16. District-wise:Housing facilities in fishing villages

17. Literacy rate

18. Sex Ratio

19. District-wise: Census of marine fisherfolk by age

21. Fishery features

22. Most Important Types of Fishing Techniques Source: Cushing. D.H. Fisheries Resources of the Sea and Their Management.Oxford University Press, UK, 1975

23. District-wise: Fishing craft

24. District-wise: Mechanized fishing craft

25. District-wise: Non-mechanized fishing craft

26. District-wise:Fishing gear

27. District-wise: Estimated marine fish production

29. District-wise: Marine fish production by fishing gear

30. Implications for resource management Tsunami or no tsunami, there is an important question to be raised about long- term marine resource management in Tamil Nadu Has the disaster reduced some unwanted capacity in the fishery? Does this disaster context provide an opportunity to address these issue?

31. Reactions to Actionaid intervention

32. Immediate Relief Menu of alternatives preferred over standardized approach to facilitate greater creativity and space for many actors Good useful ideas will tend to diffuse faster Look for neglected areas

33. Livelihood support (medium-term) Fishing –Craft –Kattumarams »Kerala Forest Department for wood, »SIFFS for quality control and supply –New beach landing craft »SIFFS boat yards and others –Trawlers »No new trawlers, only transfer of capacity from other parts of State –Gear –Webbing as desired –Engines –Longtail diesel (greaves lambardini) –OBMs

34. Livelihood support (medium-term) (contd.) Fish processing and marketing Low cost hygienic fish processing techniques for domestic market Shore market infrastructure (tanks, curing and drying yards) Mobile flake ice machines Transportation facilities –Women driven autos, mopeds Other trades Provision of capital or materials Training for new alternatives Construction groups Sea safety corps Health and sanitation brigades Green belt volunteers Resource management committees

35. Livelihood support (medium-term) (contd.) Information exchange on problems and solutions to different issues from tsunami affected regions around the world

36. Livelihood support (long-term) Need for master plan to be discussed with Government, to negotiate the rightful role of NGOs and civil society –Housing away from CRZ (Jaigopal’s note) –Water and sanitation alternatives (Paul Calvert’s note) –Infrastructure (roads, communities facilities) –Greenbelts in CRZ –Communication (safety, market information) –Resource management

37. Whom to work with? Caste panchayat (current and long term) Community youth (data collection, new skill training) SHGs (women’s issues) Boat owner associations and fishermen cooperatives (fishery and resource management issues)

38. Source of information All the data, information and photographs are from the –International Collective in Support of Fishworkers, Documentation Centre, 27, College Road, Chennai – 600 006