Abstract: The growing demand for fish in the developed and developing countries and the recognition of its place as a balanced diet to the rapidly growing population ensuring food security and as a foreign exchange earner are creating immense pressure on the world of fisheries. In the context of modernization and technological changes, jobless growth of fisheries sector and the livelihood of traditional fishers become problems. Modernization and technical changes in fisheries leads to unemployment of traditional fishermen because of industrial fishery. The concern over the jobless growth of fishery and the resulting threat on the livelihood of the traditional fishers in Karnataka form the subject matter of the present study. The study includes descriptive, exploratory and confirmatory research. It reveals that technological developments resulted in the declining of marine landings in Karnataka. It also identifies the employment generation issues which are directly or indirectly related to technology and modernization. The threats faced by the fishers are related to work environment, capital intensive technology, exploitation of resources, and lack of employment opportunities. It concludes that, the adopted to ameliorate the livelihood conditions of the traditional fishers must be based on the specificity of the need in each particular region. The researcher concluded that the Government should adopt a new fisheries policy aimed at supporting development of small scale community based fisheries activities to create employment and raise family incomes in the lower income coastal regions. The new policy should be part of a wider economic development programme incorporating commercial and small-scale artisanal fishers to contribute to the four themes – sustainability, poverty reduction, inequality reduction and job creation.
Keywords: Modernisation, overfishing, jobless growth, livelihood threats and community based fisheries.
Title: Impact of Jobless Growth of Fisheries on Livilihood of Traditional Fishermen in Karnataka: A Study
Author: CHANDRASHEKHAR MOGER, Dr. DHANANJAYA K.B.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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