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Fishing: In the sea of greed director & producer, Anand Patwardhan videorecording

By:

Patwardhan, Anand

Contributor(s):

Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: Hindi Publication details: Mumbai Brio Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. 2011.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 45 min.) sd., col 4 3/4 inOther title:

Subject(s):

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Fishing,fishery processing ships, fisheries--environmental aspects,aquaculture--environmental aspects, fishing community, documentary film, Fish harvesters, economic development--social aspects, poverty, south asia, World forum of fishworkers

DDC classification:

307.720954 FI

Partial contents:

Traditional fishing communities around the world are under threat of mass displacement by the industrial fishing practices of gigantic factory ships. This frightening abuse of the seas is actively promoted by governments in the developing world, as territorial waters are handed over to transnational corporations to meet debt obligations. Agencies like the World Bank also promote aquaculture prawn framing. The primary victims are poverty stricken rice growers and fishing communities. As waste from prawn farms are emptied into nearby rivers and other fresh water bodies’ large stretches of land become unfit for agriculture. Fishing in the Sea of Greed: documents the response of the Indian fishing community to the rape and run industries that have begun to dominate their livelihood and decimate their environment. Under the leadership of the National Fish workers Forum workers are fighting not only for their jobs, but for the survival of the world’s coastal communities and ecosystems.

Summary: In this film the renowned documentary maker Anand Patwardhan has raised two major issues - a) confronting coastral people in India. The Deep sea fishing(DSF) joint ventures, in India's exclusive Economic Zone. The second comprises a range of environmental and economic threats posed by the expansion of Industrial activities in coastral regulation zone(CRZ) declared under the environment protection act 1986. The film shows these threats graphically.

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Multimedia

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Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Multimedia	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Central Library	Special collection- CD/DVD (Multimedia)	307.720954 FI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		300206

Originally released theatrically in 2011

Traditional fishing communities around the world are under threat of mass displacement by the industrial fishing practices of gigantic factory ships. This frightening abuse of the seas is actively promoted by governments in the developing world, as territorial waters are handed over to transnational corporations to meet debt obligations. Agencies like the World Bank also promote aquaculture prawn framing. The primary victims are poverty stricken rice growers and fishing communities. As waste from prawn farms are emptied into nearby rivers and other fresh water bodies’ large stretches of land become unfit for agriculture.
Fishing in the Sea of Greed: documents the response of the Indian fishing community to the rape and run industries that have begun to dominate their livelihood and decimate their environment. Under the leadership of the National Fish workers Forum workers are fighting not only for their jobs, but for the survival of the world’s coastal communities and ecosystems.

In this film the renowned documentary maker Anand Patwardhan has raised two major issues - a) confronting coastral people in India. The Deep sea fishing(DSF) joint ventures, in India's exclusive Economic Zone. The second comprises a range of environmental and economic threats posed by the expansion of Industrial activities in coastral regulation zone(CRZ) declared under the environment protection act 1986. The film shows these threats graphically.

In Hindi with English subtitles.

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