The draft notification is based on the report of an expert committee set up by the government to review the CRZ notification of 2011. It feared that it would dilute the objectives of coastal conservation, protection of coastal livelihoods and sustainable development of the coast. The NFF also raised stiff protest to the demarcation of the High Tide Line, which forms part of the draft notification. Calling it an arbitrary and flawed exercise undertaken by the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, the forum has called for a scientific revalidation. NFF wants a comprehensive legislation to protect the rights of the fishing communities, the coastal ecology, and fisheries resources.

Source: The Hindu August 05, 2017 14:48 UTC