Fish production in NE to be doubled by 2020
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving
Fisheries
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European commission launches cleaner seas strategy
The European Commission has unveiled the outline of a wide ranging European Union marine environment protection strategy in a communication addressed to governments and the European Parliament. It
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3 fisheries ports in K'god dist: Minister
Three fisheries ports will be set up in Kasargod district at a cost of Rs 48 crore in the next five years, informed K V Thomas, Kerala Fisheries and tourism development minister. He was inaugurating
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Conservationists slam EU fishing policy in Africa
Conservation group WWF International slammed the European Union for buying fishing rights from poor African countries like Angola, saying it was depleting stocks vital to poor coastal communities.
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Shrimp farmers for tighter norms
Thai shrimp farmers want their government to tighten rules on food imports from the European Union to retaliate against that continent's stricter controls on food from Thailand. The EU in March
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India number 2 in aquaculture
The fishery scientist, Dr. R S Chauhan, form the Govind Ballabh Pant University of agriculture and technology, Pantnagar, Allahabad, demonstrated fish production and seed production techniques in
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Kerala plans paddy-fish rotational farming
A programme for introducing rotational farming between paddy and fish in paddy fields in Kottayam and Alappuzha districts of Kerala is to be launched shortly by the State Fisheries Department,
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Fishing industry facing doomsday scenario
The European commission admitted it is facing its gravest fishing crisis to date and said it would have little choice but to propose a total ban on fishing for cod, haddock and whiting in British
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Humble Kerala fishermen put satellite hooks for big catch
Till now, fishermen in Kerala relied on memory and luck for their daily catch. No longer so. The cutting edge of technology has come into the deep waters of the Arabian Sea and, like a tidal wave,
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Puri nolias struggle to stay afloat
Puri nolias, the oldest fishing community of Orissa, are in the throes of a crisis which threatens their survival as traditional fishermen. Driven to desperation by a falling fish catch and growing
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Central aid to tackle fish drought
The Centre would offer assistance to tackle fish drought in Karnataka, Dr S Ayyappan, Deputy Director-General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), said. Fish production was the