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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Govt to act against illegal shrimp farming
Unauthorised and illegal acquaculture or shrimp farming in South Goa - operating sans permission and right under the nose of unscrupulous officials for years now, will soon come under close scrutiny
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Water deficit hits AP shrimp farmers
Non-availability of fresh water in many shrimp farming areas in coastal Andhra Pradesh, the largest shrimp producer in India, is delaying its culturing in the state. AP produces around 60000 tonnes
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Impact assessment of fishing in Jambudwip island sought
Back from the Jambudwip island, south of Sunderbans in the Bay of Bengal, a group of environmental activists have asked the Centre to conduct an impact assessment study of fishing and fish drying
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Large-scale fish deaths in Tungabhadra
From the last one-week, fishes and other aquatic organisms have died along the 15 km stretch of Tungabhadra river in Koppal, Karnataka. The livelihood of about 400 fishermen families, who are
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A shocking lapse
The large-scale death of fish reported from Koppal (Karnataka) as a sequel to the pollution of the Tungabhadra river by the untreated effluents discharged by a sugar factory near Hospet is a cause
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Meet on conservation of marine biodiversity
Marine biologists, scientists and experts will come together in Kanyakumari, on March 21, to evolve an action plan for conservation of marine biodiversity. The two day national conference organised
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Fish deaths: Sugar factory refutes charges
The General Manager of Indian Sugar Refineries (ISR), Mr R Ramamurthy, has said that certain "unscruplous elements were indulging in malicious propaganda against the sugar factory." Referring to the
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US wants tougher trade rules for fish subsidies
The United States called last week for tougher global controls on subsidies to the fishing industry which it said were doing heavy environmental and economic damage. The plan was put to the World
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Pilot fishery project of ARIASP inaugurated
The president of Hailakandi Zilla Parishad, Rahul Roy ceremonially inaugurated a pilot project of fisheries under ARIASP for the year 2002-2003 recently at Ganjakhauri Beel in Katlicherra of
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State trawler owners in troubled waters with fish depletion
With the depletion of sea fish over the last ten years, the trawler owners in Goa have been grappling into the troubled waters. Over exploitation of sea produce in the last 10-15 yeas coupled with