F.a: Protecting the coastal ecosystems of the Gulf of Mannar and ensuring the traditional rights fishing communities Protection and promotion of the livelihood rights of the Fish workers in the state of Tamilnadu. The operational area consists of 320 kilometres of length in the coastal belt among 58800 families of 146 fishing villages of Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin dist
ricts in the state of Tamilnadu, India. The target group people are traditional fisher folk people.