Boat automation and fishery livelihood: a case of Chilika Lake in Odisha

Assessment of Socio-technical Constraints of Marine Fishers in the Utilisation of Marine Fishery Advisories in Southern Odisha, India

“…Marine and coastal ecosystems provide diverse services, where fishery operations from a major part in sustaining the lives and livelihoods of the marine fishing community apart from the significant contribution to global food security (); Arkema et al 2015 ; Hamilton et al 2021 however, overexploitation of marine resources and underestimation of marine environment owing to the usages of bottom trawling, overcapacity of the fishing boat and continuation of government subsidies to the mechanised crafts etc. are major concerns at present for marine fisheries in India (Filipe et al 2013 ; Ray and Garada 2018 ).…”

“…Therefore, it is very crucial to optimise the fishing effort factoring in the demand to ensure sustainable fishery resources. Ray and Garada ( 2018 ) also stated that apart from the ineffective use of motorised fishing crafts, water body contamination and ecological degradation in coastal surroundings aggravated the processes such as social displacement and ecological alternation in the country such as India. However, it has been recognised that human-induced positive interventions on the beneficial flow of coastal and marine ecosystem services can be enhanced by the engagement of local stakeholders (Arkema et al 2015 ).…”

The relentlessde factoprivatization process of Chilika Lake, India

“…Fishing here is currently practiced mainly using traditional, non‐motorized boats and some traditional boats endowed with an (often second‐hand) motor. More than one third of the fishing households do not own a boat (Ray & Garada, 2018). As confirmed by fieldwork conducted in 2015, the male members of these latter families may in some cases fish with boat‐owners, who in return retain a share of the caught fish.…”