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Fish workers to protest today

http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/21/stories/2007112160070300.htm

Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Protests and public meetings will mark the observance
of World Fish workers Day in Kerala on Wednesday. Thousands of fish
workers in the State will join a nation-wide campaign announced by the
National Coastal Protection Campaign Committee against import of fish from
European Union countries and the move to replace the Coastal Regulation
Zone (CRZ) norms with a Coastal Zone Management (CZM) policy.

State president of the Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation T.
Peter told a press conference on Tuesday that human chains would be
organised in West Bengal, Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Rameswaram
in Tamil Nadu.

In the city, fish workers will take out a march and stage a dharna before
the General Post Office. The federation is also organising a seminar at
the Bank Employees Union hall. Mr. Peter said organisations representing
fish workers had not been invited to talks organised by the Kerala Coastal
Zone Management Authority to discuss the CZM policy.