This summary paper presents the outputs from a study undertaken by the author for the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) to highlight the perspectives of selected marine fishing communities in India on climate change and its implications on their lives and livelihoods. The paper highlights the weakening livelihood context in marine fisheries and how this has a direct bearing on the causes and consequences of climate change as well as on the capacity of the fishers to undertake appropriate adoptive/mitigating strategies. It summarizes the factors of climate change and variability that have a relevance to the marine fishers, their causes and consequences, and the strategies adopted by the fishers to deal with them. It emphasizes the importance of community-based consultative processes to develop and implement climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, and suggests some measures to improve the current policy and institutional responses to cope with climate change.

Bhaskara Sarma, S. and Salagrama, V. (2007) Migration of Fishermen from Srikakulam District in Andhra Pradesh - Report of a Field Study, ICM/SIFFS Report, Trivandrum, India: South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies.

Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) (2010) Climate Change and India: A 4x4 Assessment. A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s, New Delhi: Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

Lakshmi, A. (2011) ‘Review of literature for ICSF study on “Climate change and fisheries: perspectives from small-scale fishing communities in India on measures to protect life and livelihood”’, Chennai, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers <http://climatechange.icsf.net/images/stories/climate-change/pdf/%3C1297744872338%3EICSF%20Study%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf< [accessed 24 May 2013]. http://climatechange.icsf.net/images/stories/climate-change/pdf/%3C1297744872338%3EICSF%20Study%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf

Salagrama, V. (2009) ‘Trends in poverty and livelihoods in the fishing communities of India’, presentation prepared for ESPA Workshop 3: Building Sustainable Governance, 28 October-1 November 2009, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India.

Salagrama, V. (2012) Climate Change and Fisheries: Perspectives from Small-scale Fishing Communities in India on Measures to Protect Life and Livelihood, Samudra Monograph, Chennai: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers; New Delhi: Heinrich Böll Stiftung-India.

Salagrama, V. and Koriya, T. (2007) Assessing Opportunities for Livelihood Enhancement and Diversification in Coastal Fishing Communities of Southern India, Chennai, India: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS).

Vivekanandan, E. (2011) Climate Change and Indian Marine Fisheries, Marine Fisheries Policy Brief-3, Kochi, India: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

Bhaskara Sarma, S. and Salagrama, V. (2007) Migration of Fishermen from Srikakulam District in Andhra Pradesh - Report of a Field Study, ICM/SIFFS Report, Trivandrum, India: South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies.

Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) (2010) Climate Change and India: A 4x4 Assessment. A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s, New Delhi: Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

Lakshmi, A. (2011) ‘Review of literature for ICSF study on “Climate change and fisheries: perspectives from small-scale fishing communities in India on measures to protect life and livelihood”’, Chennai, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers <http://climatechange.icsf.net/images/stories/climate-change/pdf/%3C1297744872338%3EICSF%20Study%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf< [accessed 24 May 2013]. http://climatechange.icsf.net/images/stories/climate-change/pdf/%3C1297744872338%3EICSF%20Study%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf

Salagrama, V. (2009) ‘Trends in poverty and livelihoods in the fishing communities of India’, presentation prepared for ESPA Workshop 3: Building Sustainable Governance, 28 October-1 November 2009, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India.

Salagrama, V. (2012) Climate Change and Fisheries: Perspectives from Small-scale Fishing Communities in India on Measures to Protect Life and Livelihood, Samudra Monograph, Chennai: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers; New Delhi: Heinrich Böll Stiftung-India.

Salagrama, V. and Koriya, T. (2007) Assessing Opportunities for Livelihood Enhancement and Diversification in Coastal Fishing Communities of Southern India, Chennai, India: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS).

Vivekanandan, E. (2011) Climate Change and Indian Marine Fisheries, Marine Fisheries Policy Brief-3, Kochi, India: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

Bhaskara Sarma, S. and Salagrama, V. (2007) Migration of Fishermen from Srikakulam District in Andhra Pradesh - Report of a Field Study, ICM/SIFFS Report, Trivandrum, India: South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies.

Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) (2010) Climate Change and India: A 4x4 Assessment. A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s, New Delhi: Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

Lakshmi, A. (2011) ‘Review of literature for ICSF study on “Climate change and fisheries: perspectives from small-scale fishing communities in India on measures to protect life and livelihood”’, Chennai, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers <http://climatechange.icsf.net/images/stories/climate-change/pdf/%3C1297744872338%3EICSF%20Study%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf< [accessed 24 May 2013]. http://climatechange.icsf.net/images/stories/climate-change/pdf/%3C1297744872338%3EICSF%20Study%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf

Salagrama, V. (2009) ‘Trends in poverty and livelihoods in the fishing communities of India’, presentation prepared for ESPA Workshop 3: Building Sustainable Governance, 28 October-1 November 2009, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India.

Salagrama, V. (2012) Climate Change and Fisheries: Perspectives from Small-scale Fishing Communities in India on Measures to Protect Life and Livelihood, Samudra Monograph, Chennai: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers; New Delhi: Heinrich Böll Stiftung-India.

Salagrama, V. and Koriya, T. (2007) Assessing Opportunities for Livelihood Enhancement and Diversification in Coastal Fishing Communities of Southern India, Chennai, India: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS).

Vivekanandan, E. (2011) Climate Change and Indian Marine Fisheries, Marine Fisheries Policy Brief-3, Kochi, India: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

Bhaskara Sarma, S. and Salagrama, V. (2007) Migration of Fishermen from Srikakulam District in Andhra Pradesh - Report of a Field Study, ICM/SIFFS Report, Trivandrum, India: South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies.

Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) (2010) Climate Change and India: A 4x4 Assessment. A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s, New Delhi: Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

Lakshmi, A. (2011) ‘Review of literature for ICSF study on “Climate change and fisheries: perspectives from small-scale fishing communities in India on measures to protect life and livelihood”’, Chennai, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers <http://climatechange.icsf.net/images/stories/climate-change/pdf/%3C1297744872338%3EICSF%20Study%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf< [accessed 24 May 2013]. http://climatechange.icsf.net/images/stories/climate-change/pdf/%3C1297744872338%3EICSF%20Study%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf

Salagrama, V. (2009) ‘Trends in poverty and livelihoods in the fishing communities of India’, presentation prepared for ESPA Workshop 3: Building Sustainable Governance, 28 October-1 November 2009, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India.

Salagrama, V. (2012) Climate Change and Fisheries: Perspectives from Small-scale Fishing Communities in India on Measures to Protect Life and Livelihood, Samudra Monograph, Chennai: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers; New Delhi: Heinrich Böll Stiftung-India.

Salagrama, V. and Koriya, T. (2007) Assessing Opportunities for Livelihood Enhancement and Diversification in Coastal Fishing Communities of Southern India, Chennai, India: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS).

Vivekanandan, E. (2011) Climate Change and Indian Marine Fisheries, Marine Fisheries Policy Brief-3, Kochi, India: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.