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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Call for clamp on illegal fishing
There is little chance of catching boats fishing illegally and more should be done to enforce the regulations, the national audit office says. Even when fishermen are found landing illegal catches
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Fish becoming scarcer in Goa every year
Fish, Goa's staple food and a mainstay of its famed cuisine, is fast getting scarcer in what some see as an ominous trend for this coastal state and much of the west coast. Landings at the state's
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'India must focus on R&D to move up biotech value chain'
Focus on research and development in areas relating to marine environment including biotechnology is the key to Indian industry moving up the value chain, from being a supplier of raw materials to
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Pepsi's new fight is over an algae
Veteran scientist M S Swaminathan has a serious grouse against Pepsi. It's something that has got marine biologists worrying. The soft drink manufacturer has introduced an alien marine algae in a
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Govt to set up 30 seafood test labs to help exports
Indian marine product exporters, faced with greater rejection of their shipment particularly to the European Union (EU) where sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards keep constantly changing to their
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Tuna fishing project left hanging
The demonstration project to promote tuna fishing, undertaken jointly by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) and the Association of Indian Fishery Industry (AIFI), has suffered a
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Bangla may ban fishing in Sundarbans
The West Bengal government is planning to ban fishing of shrimp fry in the Sunderbans area from next year in a bid to check environmental degradation. Over-fishing, especially shrimp fry collection,
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10 in net for fishing
Ten people have been arrested for fishing illegally at Rajaji Park near Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal. They were caught fishing by the Forest Guards at Motichur Range and 110 kg of fish and fishing
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Epidemic puts shrimp farmers in a tizzy
Shrimp farmers are concerned as disease outbreaks continue to plague the farms along the East Coast from Tamil Nadu to Orissa. Shrimp seeds, which were stocked in farm during January and February,
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ICAR programme to study risks from fish
The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) is launching a comprehensive Risk Assessment Programme for Fish and Fish Products for domestic and international markets from May 15 on the national