Owing its genesis to a humble and yet pioneering venture of a fish marketing
society that was established in the 1970s, South Indian Federation of Fishermen
Societies (SIFFS) has today grown to be a stronghold apex organisation with
nearly 7000 fishermen as its members. Registered as a non-governmental
organisation in 1980, SIFFS has been providing a bouquet of services for its
members.
Envisioning “a sustainable fishery and a developed fishing community, through
the protection and enhancement of livelihoods in marine fishing”, SIFFS has
been working with the mission of contributing to the overall sustainability of
the fishery economy and to the development of the small-scale fish workers of
South India through co-operative action for increased control over marketing,
credit, technology and responsible management of fish resources.
The operations of SIFFS today are spread over four member federations, three
associate members and nearly 120 primary village level societies across five
districts of the Malabar and Southern Coasts of Kerala, West Coast, Gulf of
Mannar, Palk Bay and Coramandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, Kakinada in Andhra
Pradesh, Mangalore in Karnataka, Pondicherry and Karaikal on the East Coast and
Mahe in the West Coast.
For more information, please visit
www.siffs.org