Goa, Nov. 9 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY

A newly-published case study highlights a quiet crisis unfolding along Goa's coastline, where the centu ries-old ramponkar (shore seine) fishing communities are fighting to preserve both their cultural iden tity and their livelihoods against aggressive techno logical transitions and com mercial encroachment. The study authored by re searchers Neha Naik, Resh ma Gills, Ramachandran C Nair, and Vipinkumar V P from the Central Marine Fish eries Research Institute (CM FRI), Kochi, and published in the international journal Maritime Studies, delivers a comprehensive assessment of how rapid coastal modern isation is threatening one of India's most iconic artisanal fishing heritages. For generations, the ram po...