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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> <br /> {{primary sources|date=April 2007}}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Kerala Swatantra Matsyathozhilali Federation&#039;&#039;&#039; (KSMTF, or the Kerala Independent Fishworkers Federation) is a [[trade union]] of small-scale [[artisanal fisher]]s of the state of [[Kerala]] in South [[India]]. Small-scale fishworkers had been left out of the political mainstream in the politically charged Kerala province, as both the Left and the Right presupposed that they would only vote under the influence of the [[Catholic Church]].<br /> <br /> The KSMTF was responsible for the political awakening of the small-scale fishing community in the early 1980s, when they had to struggle to preserve their livelihoods against the [[commercial trawler]]s whose fleet had rapidly expanded to unsustainable levels. Led by the [[Liberation Theology]]-inspired [[radical clergy]], KSMTF took the fight to a political level, leading to far-reaching changes in governance (including a closed season for trawlers since 1988).<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.keralafishworkers.org/ KSMTF&#039;s own site]<br /> * [http://www.keralafishworkers.org/ Alakal, the newsletter of KSMTF]<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Fishing in India]]<br /> [[Category:Trade unions in Kerala]]<br /> [[Category:Trade unions established in the 1980s]]<br /> [[Category:1980s establishments in Kerala]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{india-org-stub}}</div>

>Tom.Reding