It is purely a community driven project with an aim to empower the fisher community including women SHG members . Both men and women treated equally and they are trained planning on execution of the project activities, absorption of new fishing technologies and introduction of post harvest processing/ handling techniques etc.

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PLANT is in the process of further up scaling with the support of Government and CSR agencies

Survey and focused group discussion and awareness meetings are be conducted hence all community members including local government will be engaged.

The beneficiaries are not indigenous community.

The innovation of fabrication and deployment of Reef for fish project has demonstrated cost effective fishery resource enhancement for sustainable fishing and conserve coastal biodiversity as an impact for the widespread adoption for the livelihood development of the marginalized fishermen community and also address the national food security issue. In view of this, GEF SGP project has supported PLANT to implement one Reef Fabrication and Deployment project at C-Pudupet fishing village in Cuddalore district in Tamilnadu and later the project has been scaled up and replicated the innovation in Northern Chennai with the support of GEF SGP ie the present project. In the meantime PLANT has conducted underwater sea survey by using underwater camera to the study impact of the project and found that there are millions of juvenile fish and other species arrived and colonized in the reef zone which is tremendously increase the fish reproduction. As a positive impact of the project a scale up project has been given to PLANT again to fabricate and deploy the artificial reefs in Norther Chennai with the support of GEF and SGP. There is ample number of opportunities and scopes to scale up and replicate the medium size project module in all along the coast in India to enhance the marine fishery resources and to conserve the coastal biodiversity and Rare Endanger Specious in the reef area. There are possibilities that PLANT with the support of GEF and MoEF&CC would able to mobilized Corporate Social Responsibility ? CSR fund from the coastal industry and other likeminded national and international funding agencies as a Co-financing

The main aim of the project is to protect the marine diversity and enhance the livelihood of 600 families through deploying 108 artificial reefs. Nearly 600 families get direct benefit and indirectly 1800 families gets benefited out of artificial reef project. Each beneficiary will earn Rs.2000 to 3000 as a additional income per month by fishing in the reef zone

The project activities will be linked to Fisheries Department and local Panchayat. Management Committee and local government and fishing community involve in the planning, implementation and monitor the project from the beginning to end.

The project is appreciated by the Department of Fisheries Government of TN and they support for further up scaling.

Underwater video, brochures and article publications are done to capture the impact.

Young fisher folk and women SHG members are engaged in the project.