The state of Kerala occupies the western tip of southern India, has a left-wing government since 1957 and about 32milioni inhabitants. Unlike other states of the subcontinent has a high literacy rate, by almost 100% of the population.
Despite the country’s economic growth, due mainly to the development of the tourism industry in Kerala the economic disparity between rich and poor is striking. Most of the population consists of farmers and fishermen who earn an average of 50 euros per month.
Fishery production has increased more than fivefold from the independence of India, and is now a major industry, especially in coastal states like Kerala precisely, but the small companies who are employed in this activity have no commercial prospects, but are based only on their livelihood and without any support from the government.
For most fishing communities using ancient techniques such as Chinese Fishnet (Rocker systems consist of large net and balances of rocks and ropes) introduced in Kerala at around 1400 (Outside the country of origin all over the world these are still in use today only in Kochi) and Trawl Fishing, a technique known since ancient Egyptian tomb paintings show as ceramics and Phoenician, Carthaginian and Greek.
This is to pull by hand from the beach in huge nets hundreds of meters long. Both methods are now almost completely disappeared on the planet because they no longer ensure the capture of marketable fish species, therefore the many coastal villages rely on the catch of the day their primary resources.
