Kanyakumari District Fishermen Sangams’ Federation (KDFSF) is a welfare organization established solely for the welfare of fisher folk inhabited at the coastal belt of Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea of the District. The early seventies, a time of severe exploitation made by middle men and fish merchants against the traditional fishermen, who engaged in small scale fishing. In the meantime, Kottar Roman Catholic Diocease intervened to redeem the traditional fishermen from the clutches of the agents and the middlemen. Kottar Social Service Society (KSSS) of Kottar Diocease organized young fishermen societies are known as Fish Marketing Societies (FMS). Fr.James Tomber played the instrumental role in organizing those grumbling artisanal fishermen towards the formation of Fishermen Societies in 1973.