How Gujarat’s Fishermen Cooperatives Along the Saurashtra Coast Are Fighting Chinese Fish Imports

How Gujarat's Fishermen Cooperatives Along the Saurashtra Coast Are Fighting Chinese Fish Imports

In Veraval’s crowded fish auction yard in Junagadh district, a kilogram of locally caught ribbonfish fetched ₹85 last monsoon season. Three years ago, the same fish commanded ₹140. I spoke to cooperative members along this stretch of Gujarat who told me the culprit isn’t overfishing or a bad season — it’s containers of frozen Chinese … Read more

How a Group of Fishermen in Kerala Became Millionaires Together

How a Group of Fishermen in Kerala Became Millionaires Together

Off the coast of Thiruvananthapuram, fishermen were losing money every single morning — not because the fish had disappeared, but because they had no idea where to sell them. That changed in 2007, and what followed quietly became one of the most extraordinary wealth stories in modern India. I first heard this story from an … Read more