Vulnerabilities of Small Scale Fisheries
ART 1 (Sketch): In this sketch, I wanted to convey the effects of anthropogenic drivers on water quality and their impact on fisheries. In this advancing era, many innovations are really helping poor fishing communities. They are experiencing livelihood vulnerability due to fish decline, income loss, and poor nutrition.
ART 2 (Photo): I captured this image on my field trip to Chilika Lagoon (Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon in India) after cyclone Fani where small-scale fisheries are vulnerable to various social-ecological threats. This picture speaks a lot about the hopeless livelihood concerns of the fishing community when I visited the villages and had chats with fisher folks. I wanted to convey my observation of the stress of casting the net, the hope of making a capture, and the apprehension of thriving the well-being of the fishing community.
About the artist
Navya is currently a Ph.D. student in Sustainability Management, at the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on the vulnerability and viability of small-scale fisheries through water quality analysis. She completed her Master of Environmental Studies in Sustainability Management from the University of Waterloo. She also holds a Master of Technology in Environmental Engineering and a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering. She has over one year of research experience in air quality monitoring and wastewater treatment projects. She worked as a Senior Research Fellow at ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management and EDF for microbiological filter development and air pollution repository establishment. Her research interests broadly include water quality analysis, wastewater treatment, coastal fisheries, microbial fuel cells, and bio-energy generation
