Power to the Workers? A qualitative study of workers' experiences of a 4-day working week

The pandemic has resulted in seismic shifts to all aspects of our lives, including views concerning the organisation of work. One impact is the acceleration of workers questioning traditional life stages, of work then retirement, and what they want out of life (Cable & Gratton, 2022) As quality of life is acknowledged as a driving force for many employees leaving their current jobs (Fuller & Kerr, 2022), the implications of a four-day working week are currently being investigated (Miller, 2022). Drawing on a small-scale study at an automotive supplier, based in the North-East of England, this case study will present findings from qualitative interviews conducted with employees who are experiencing a newly established 4-day working week. From the findings presented, discussions will highlight implications of this shift in the organisation of the working week for employees across the organisation. It is intended that the findings and discussions will raise relevant, contemporary questions for the business community more generally

Biological productivity of the Indian Ocean

India has a long coast line of nearly 6,000 km with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Laccadive Archipelago lying beyond her shores. The geographical position of India with the peninsular portion extending deep into the central part of the Indian Ocean gives her a locational advantage in marine fishing activities. At present though India contributes about 4096 of the fish landings of the Indian Ocean, when viewed against the world production of 76 million tannes oJ marine fish, her share is only 1.6 million tonnes represent ing less than 2%

Aquatic pollution

Today the world is faced with an unprecedented menace of growing pollution of its air, land and water. These three have been termed as the world's major environments. The technological advances of the nations have been largely achieved as a result of great strides which the industry has mad

Satellite based potential fishing zone (PFZ) advisories - acceptance levels and benefits derived by the user community along the Kerala coast

Intensive validation studies of potential fishing zone (PFZ) advisories generated using integration of ocean colour monitor (OCM) derived chlorophyll concentration and advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) derived sea surface temperatures (SST) were undertaken by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) along Kerala coast during the period 2003-2011. There is a positive relationship between PFZ advisories and occurrence/abundance of commercially important pelagic fishes such as oilsardine, Indian mackerel, anchovies, carangids and coastal tunas. Fishing operations undertaken on or closer to dates on which related SST/chlorophyll images have been received yielded positive results. As the gap increases, the yield within PFZ is likely to come down unless the features remain more or less in the same location as revealed by succeeding satellite imagery. The present paper revealed that the fish catch (CPUE) and net profit earned are higher within PFZ compared to the results of operations outside PFZ. The usefulness of PFZ advisories, the only short term marine fishery forecast available in the country for fisherfolk towards obtaining comparatively higher catch per unit effort for the above mentioned major pelagics is proved beyond doubt from the results of more than 100 controlled experiments conducted within and outside PFZ with identical fishing gear along Kerala coast

Trends in world tuna fishery

Since the nineteenth century, indeed since a ncient times tuna fishing has been carried out in many places in the world. These fisheries were local and generally near the coasts. As most species of tunas are highly migratory, fishers caught them only at certain points in their life cycle. In other words, the fishing had to be seasonal

Length-weight relationship and relative condition factor of Stolephorus commersonii (Lacepede, 1803) exploited along Kerala coast

The length-weight relationship and relative condition factor of Stolephorus commersonii was calculated to assess the significance of allometric factor and the well being. The study was carried out by using the data collected from ring seine and purse seine catches during the year 2010-2011. The length of species in catches ranged from 5 to 14.6 cm with a mean length of 9.24 ± 1.83 cm and the weight ranged from 1 to 25g with an average weight of 6.64 ± 3.96 g. Length-weight relationship calculated for male, female and pooled are W = 0.0070 L3.02, W = 0. 00756 L2.99 and W = 0. 0073 L3.006 respectively. The relative condition factor (Kn) estimated separately for male and female showed monthly fluctuation. The highest Kn values were observed in February and August and the lowest in June for both the sexes

केंद्रीय समुद्री मात्स्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान मुख्यालय कोचीन

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Checklist and Spatial Distribution of Molluscan Fauna in Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep, India

Among the various animal groups represented in the macrobenthic fauna of Minicoy lagoon studied, mollusks were the dominant group. Molluscan fauna were investigated from six selected stations in the sea grass beds and mangroves of the Minicoy lagoon, Lakshadweep during 1999-2001. A total of 70 species of mollusk (52 gastropods, 12 bivalves) and an additionally 7 soft mollusks are reported in the present study. The total density of molluscan fauna varied from 137-604 (no. 0.25m2), while the highest biomass was obtained during postmonsoon season at southern seagrass bed and the least was observed during premonsoon season at northern seagrass bed. Among these Gafrarium divarticatum, Terebralia palustris are found the most dominant species of Minicoy Island, India