Abstract
The fisheries sector is an important provider of livelihoods as well as nutrition for numerous communities, in particularly in Developing Countries. The sector is vulnerable to climate change in terms of the resource base as well as costs of operation. In southern India, the last two decades have seen the emergence of a specialized fishing fleet of small-scale fishermen that operate over large swathes of the central-western Indian Ocean. This fleet undertakes extended voyages of 30–45 days and targets specific varieties of deep sea fish. In order to improve their sustainability as well as to cut down their costs, these fishers under the banner of Association of Deep Sea Going Artisanal Fishermen are in the process of adapting solar energy for their lighting, communications and other on-board needs. This paper documents the initial iterations of the adoption process. These initiatives hold significant promise for the future in terms of energy and cost savings, and for the promotion of sustainable fishing operations, constituting grassroots-level adaptations to the adverse effects of climate change.
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Catamaran is a fishing craft, made of logs of Albizzia falcataria timber lashed together with rope.
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As per the 2010 National Marine Fisheries Census conducted by the CMFRI, Kochi.
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Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
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Out Board Motor.
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The authors acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Y.S. Yadava, Director and Mr. Prajdeep Mukherjee, Policy Analyst BOBP-IGO, Chennai, India, Mr. V. Vivekanandan, Director, FishMARC, Trivandrum, India, Mr. Sebastian Mathew, Executive Secretary, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers, Chennai, India, Dr. E. Vivekanandan, Emeritus Scientist, CMFRI, Chennai, India, Mr. Sadhish Kumar, Project Head, Jagath Jothi Solar Energy Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India, Mr. Vivek Dwivedi, Managing Director, BRIJ EXIM, Pune, India, Dr. Chinnappan Gasper, Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India and Dr. Teresa Shobana, Professor, St. Jude’s College, Thoothoor, Tamil Nadu, India in the preparation of this paper. Special thanks to BOBP-IGO for providing advice and support to the initiatives taken by ADSGAF.
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Jain, J.V., Babu, S. (2016). Specific Applications/Examples: Use of Solar Energy in Fishing: Community Initiatives. In: Grammelis, P. (eds) Energy, Transportation and Global Warming. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30127-3_20
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