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Which action of the Government of India threatened the fish workers? lives in a major way? Which organization did they form at the national level?

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The lives of fishermen were threatened when the government permitted entry to mechanized trawlers and technologies like bottom trawling for large scale harvest of fish in the Indian seas. Throughout the 1970s, and 1980s local fish workers? organization fought with state government over the issues of their livelihood. Since fish is a state subject, its movement was mobilized mostly at the local level.

When liberalization was started in India most of these organizations were forced to come together on a national platform called National Fish workers? Forum (N.F.E). Fish workers from. Kerala undertook the responsibility of mobilization of fellow workers including- women workers from other states.