Fishing in the Troubled Waters: Fishermen Issue in IndiaSri Lanka Relations

Title

Fishing in the Troubled Waters: Fishermen Issue in IndiaSri Lanka Relations

Creator

Manoharan N.; Deshpande M.

Description

Indias relations with its neighbours in the maritime domain have received less scholarly attention. Those studies that deal with Indias relations with its South Asian neighbours generally touch on political security, socio-cultural and economic issues. The maritime aspect is either ignored or tucked in as a part of other dimensions. The present study attempts to fill the gap in the literature by taking up the case of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is chosen as a case, not only because the island state is Indias closest maritime neighbour but also due to the existence of deep interactions between the two countries in diverse fields both at governmental and non-governmental levels. In the maritime domain, in the present context, technically speaking, there is no problem between the two countries. However, the fishermen issue remains one of the issues principally because of the Tamil Nadu factor. Analysing the issue in five phases, the study argues for a comprehensive approach for its settlement.1. 2018, 2018 Indian Council of World Affairs.

Source

India Quarterly, Vol-74, No. 1, pp. 73-91.

Date

2018-01-01

Publisher

SAGE Publications Inc.

Subject

bottom trawling; EEZ; fisheries line; IUCN; Kachchathivu; LTTE; Operation Tasha; Rameswaram; tsunami; uti possidetis juris; Wadge Bank

Coverage

Manoharan N., Deemed to be University, Bengaluru, India; Deshpande M., Department of International Studies and History, Christ University, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 9749284

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1177/0974928417749643

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