Dakshinbanga Matsyajibi Forum (DMF) alongwith fish workers and their organisations all over the world is celebrating World Fisheries Day 2018 on 21st November 2018 with both enthusiasm and determination. This year the World Fisheries Day is being celebrated by DMF at more than 24 fishing community hubs across 10 districts of West Bengal. Every year November 21st has been celebrated all over the world as World Fisheries Day to commemorate the establishment of World Forum for Fisher People (WFFP) in 1997 by Father Thomas Kochery and Harekrishna Debnath, two legendary leaders of fishing communities. Every year on 21st November the fisher people celebrate their identity, unity and achievements as a community as well as proclaim their determination to Save Water, Save Fish and Save Fisher People. This year the World Fisheries Day is going to be celebrated in India at a time when – Due to the policies of the Government favouring large scale investment in fishing our seas are experiencing over and destructive fishing by mechanised fishing boats and small scale fishers are left with almost no fish; – Sagarmala Project by the Government of India is going to evict the traditional small scale fishing communities from the coast with establishment of large number of ports; – Proposed Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2018 has been published by the Government of India with a view to further open up the coast to massive investment and utilisation destroying the habitats and livelihood options of indigenous coastal communities including fishing communities; – West Coast Shipping Corridor announced by the Government of India is going to prohibit fishing communities from 85,000 square kilometres of fishing area on the West Coast; – Deep sea port, marine drives and large scale tourism are threatening the small scale coastal fishing communities with eviction and loss of livelihood; – Blue Revolution’ initiated by the Government of India promotes investment driven production increase in fisheries that is replacing the traditional fishing communities by a new breed of entrepreneurs. – The small and traditional fishing communities of Sundarban and other protected areas are deprived of their right to fish in the waters of the protected areas. Dakshinbanga Matsyajibi Forum (DMF) calls upon all small scale fishing communities to celebrate World Fisheries Day 2018 on 21st November to commemorate glorious movements of the community and vow to build up invincible collective resistance to Save Water, Save Fish, Save Fisher People.