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Fishing Communities of Northeast and Ethnic Factor Fishing Communities of Northeast and Ethnic Factor A Report by NESOHR April 2006 Northe East Secretariat On Human Rights (NESOHR) Karadippokku Junction Kilinochchi [email protected] www.nesohr.org Contents Introduction .................................................................................. 4 1. Northeast fishing communities prior to 1980’s .................................. 5 1.1 Jaffna, Mullaithivu & Mannar ........................................................................5 1.2 Their community life .......................................................................................6 1.3 Trincomalee .....................................................................................................7 1.4 Batticaloa & Amparai ......................................................................................8 2. Northeast fishing communities after 1980’s ....................................... 8 2.1 Jaffna, Mullaithivu & Mannar ........................................................................8 2.2 Trincomalee ...................................................................................................10 2.3 Batticaloa & Amparai ....................................................................................11 3. Tsunami facts....................................................................................... 12 4. Pattern of HSZ..................................................................................... 14 4.1 Jaffna and her military noose.........................................................................14 4.2 Trincomalee, Mullaithivu & Mannar, Batticaloa & Amparai.......................16 4.2 Trincomalee, Mullaithivu & Mannar, Batticaloa & Amparai.......................17 5. Where not to go.................................................................................... 17 5.1 Displacement..................................................................................................21 6. When not to go..................................................................................... 21 7. What not to take .................................................................................. 22 8. What not to have.................................................................................. 22 8.1 Outboard engines ...........................................................................................22 8.2 Lighthouses....................................................................................................23 8.5 Boat yards and Net manufacturing centres ....................................................29 8.6 Decent price for their catch............................................................................30 8.7 Educational courses on the fishing sector......................................................30 9. More control (The Pass System) ........................................................ 31 9.1 Jaffna..............................................................................................................31 9.2 Going to sea ...................................................................................................32 9.3 Buyers also need pass ....................................................................................32 10. At sea there are no witness ............................................................... 33 10.1 Sinhalese and Indians can but not locals......................................................33 2 10.2 Harassment...................................................................................................34 10.3 Destruction and stealing of equipment and catch ........................................35 10.4 Deaths & disappearances .............................................................................36 10.4.1 List of names of some fishermen killed at sea by SLN ........................36 10.4.2 List of names of fishermen disappeared at sea by SLN........................38 11.Further harassment............................................................................ 39 12. Conclusion.......................................................................................... 41 Annexture 1 - Sample harassment incidents: ....................................... 42 Bibliography............................................................................................. 44 Abbreviations SLN Sri Lankan Navy SLMM Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission SLAFs Sri Lankan Armed Forces SLA Sri Lankan Army LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam CFA Ceasefire Agreement GoSL Government of Sri Lankan HSZ High Security Zone UNP United National Party EPDP Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (also Paramilitary Group) MDB Multi Day Boat 3 Introduction “They come and fish in the richest fishing grounds that are our traditional fishing area, while we are not allowed to go beyond 500 metres from the shore…. We are forced to fish only between 5.00 am and 7.30 am…. Our equipment and catches are stolen by SLN……. Is this the kind of peace we are to welcome”? Fish is the main source of protein for the people of Northeast. Fishing has been the livelihood for 12% of the people of Northeast. That is a total of 320,000 people in Northeast whose livelihood depends on fishing. In contrast, only 250,000 people from the rest of the island depend on fishing for their livelihood. These statistics are worth remembering when reading this report about the situation of the fishing community and the fishing industry in Northeast. Also worth remembering is that the current CFA interpretation by SLMM grants the GoSL the sovereign rights over the entire sea surrounding the island unlike in the case of land, which has clearly demarcated GoSL and LTTE controlled areas. Therefore, where ever fishermen live in Northeast, their lives and the lives of their families will be dictated by the SLAFs. Traditionally the northern seas have been a rich fishing ground and produced almost 45% of the fish in the island. The knowledge and expertise in fishing in Northeast with its very long tradition has been outstanding. With proper assistance, the fishing industry in Northeast holds the potential to become a high foreign exchange earner. The dominance of northern fishing in the island was gradually and later systematically destroyed using the Sri Lankan Navy from the 1980’s onwards. Some of the statistical data published by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in 2004 stands as proof to the success of the destructive occupation of the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN). Another factor in the destruction of Northeast fisheries is the total control of the fisheries by GoSL with no power at the provincial level to plan and develop the sector at the local level. The CFA of 2002 and the easing on fishing restriction immediately after did result in some improvements in the fishing industry in Northeast. However, the degree of normalcy that was achieved was far short of what the fishermen expected. Restrictions on the movement of fishermen continued, stalling the rehabilitation of the industry as will be proved in this document. In more recent times, the harassment and intimidation of the SLN and the deliberate destruction of the fishing resource in Northeast has outraged and at the same time terrorized the Northeast fishing communities. 4 1. Northeast fishing communities prior to 1980’s 1.1 Jaffna, Mullaithivu & Mannar In the northern sector of Northeast, all types of fishing methods were used by the fishing community ranging from coastal netting to deep sea fishing to diving. Fishing is done in sea, lakes and off islets. Fishing is also carried out throughout the year in different parts of the Jaffna peninsula. Jaffna fisherman shifted to areas that are conducive for fishing as the season shifted. This is one reason for the high production of fish from Jaffna prior to the destruction of the industry by SLAFs. Fishermen in the north, in 1975, were already fishing in homemade vessels made of wood that could go into deep seas and stay for 24 hours. These were known as the 3- 1/2 ton boats. Several types of locally available wood were used for its construction. Sometimes, Aviseeyam wood was imported from Nuwereliya for this purpose. These large boats needed large engines and up to 120 HP engines were used to go to deep sea. The extensive knowledge about sea and waves of the fishermen was applied to produce efficient fishing techniques. These fishermen would adjust the height of the floating net and the eyes in the net to maximize the catch by studying the wave patterns. During that time, fishing among the Sinhala people in south was neither as extensive as it was in the north nor was there the expertise that was found in the north. In fact, Sinhala fishermen from Pananthurai, Gale, Maththarai, and Negambo came and worked for the fishermen in the north. The flourishing fishing industry required many supporting services which provided employment for many more. For example in Mayiliddy in the early 1980s, there were 1500 fishing families and a further 5000 families depended on the work associated with the fish sale and manufacturing tasks. The first fishing harbour in the island was built in the north in 1975 in recognition of the high yield from this area. This harbour in Mayiliddy also has a cooler, ice factory, boat repair workshop, and fuel pumping station. This was used by the fisherman until the 1980s when the SLN took over the harbour for its own use and banned the fishermen from using it. There were 14 ice factories in the north in the early 1980’s. In
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