© L p i Unfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained errors. The author has made several edits to be included in the text as shown below. Section: ‘Introduction’, middle of paragraph 5: Drop ‘additional’ in ‘additional case work’ Section: ‘Territory, nature, people, state’, second sentence paragraph 6: Change ‘Indeed, state creation itself...’ to ‘State creation in turn...’ Section: ‘State policy, turtle conservation and marine fishing’, last sentence of paragraph 3: Drop ‘usage’ in ‘popular usage meaning of a mechanized boat’ so that is reads as ‘popular meaning of a mechanized boat’ Section: ‘The Indian state, refugees and the 2005 controversy’, last sentence of paragraph 4: Drop ‘had’ ‘The Act had was partly meant to prevent....’ So that it reads as ‘The Act was partly meant to prevent...’ The additional files (1 and 2) currently placed at the bottom of the text, need to be embedded in the text and function as figures. Additional File 1 should be Figure 1 and be placed at the end of the 5 paragraph of the Introduction. This also means that “(additional file 1)” at the end of the last sentence of paragraph 5 needs to be deleted. Additional File 2 should be Figure 2 and be placed at the end of the 7 paragraph of the section entitled, “State policy, turtle conservation and marine fishing”. This also means that “(additional file 2)” at the end of the last sentence of paragraph 7 needs to be deleted. There are further changes to the Bibliography. Mahesh should be corrected to Mukul in the following references: Gupta, Charu and Mukul Sharma. 2008. Contested coastlines: Fisherfolk, nations and borders in South Asia. New Delhi: Routledge. Sharma, Mukul. 2012. Green and saffron: Hindu nationalism and Indian environmental politics. Ranikhet: Permanent Black. The following is an unpublished reference that needs to be changed in the bibliography. Chhotray, Vasudha. 2016. Nullification of citizenship: Negotiating authority without identity documents in coastal Odisha. Forthcoming. The following is a missing reference in the bibliography which is to be inserted between Forsyth and Gupta in the bibliography