Struggling at Sea: The Plight of Indian Fishworkers Amid Climate Change and Government Policies

NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (IPS) - Warming seas from climate change means that Indian fisherworkers often travel illegally into international territorial waters in search of a good catch and find themselves jailed and their boats confiscated, driving their families into poverty.Climate change forces millions of India's fishworkers to venture beyond the country's exclusive economic zone into the perilous high seas.

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