F.a: Protecting the coastal ecosystems of the Gulf of Mannar and ensuring the traditional rights fishing communities of Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin The project goal is 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 Ramanathapura
m and Tuticorin districts in the state of Tamilnadu, India. The target group people are traditional fisher folk people. Project activities: Strengthening of existing village level sangams and federate them as district level fish worker forums in Ramanathap
uram (77 village) Tuticorin (13 Village) districts covering core zone of Gulf of Mannar; Capacitating traditional fisherman panchyats in GOM on coastal rights recognized under CBD / Voluntary guideline of FAO/CRZ 2011; Dialogue with Policy makers at distri
ct and state level; and Research and Documentation of coastal issues. TRRM is a registered non profit organization that serves among the fisher folk people of Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin districts in the state of Tamil Nadu. TRRM envisions the comprehensi
ve empowerment of the fisher folk, women and children of Ramnad and Tuticorin districts. TRRM plays the role of a facilitator in communities and has been propagating for community based sustainable development.