Coastal Transformation and Fisher Wellbeing Perspectives from Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India

This report presents the results of a multi-disciplinary research project on the way the Indian coast is transforming and what consequences this has for the fisher population. It takes Cuddalore District in Tamil Nadu as a microcosm and discussing issues such as the industrialization of the coast, the changes affecting fisheries, land-use change, pollution and erosion. The final chapters consider the ways in which fisher wellbeing is impacted and how the fisher population - individually and collectively - responds. The authors argue that coastal transformation in India is many-sided and profound and that the voices of the local fishing population, bearing the brunt of modernization, need to be heard.