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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Amazonian mystery over new fish
Scientists in Brazil's Amazon have discovered a new fish, something that has not happened for more than a century, and hope to categorise the small eel-like creature by the end of the year. "It's a
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Most unions to violate trawling ban
As yet another monsoon seasonal trawling ban gets underway in Kerala, the clouds of tension are slowly looming large in the sky. Most of the fishermen unions have declared that they would violate the
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Harbour hues
With the onset of monsoons fishing activities in the Malpe Fishing Harbour in Karnataka have come to a standstill. A fishing holiday has been declared by the government as it is now the breeding
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Seafood exporters get reprieve from Govt
It was a do or die situation for the Indian seafood export industry. If they used chemicals or preservatives in their export consignment, they would lose their export market and could even be banned
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Kerala to step up quality control of marine products
Kerala has decided to step up quality control of marine products right from catching to processing as well as exports to eliminate health related problems in the European union and the US Kerala
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Cabinet okays UN convention on migratory fish conservation
The Government decided to be part of the United Nations convention on Law of the Sea for cooperating with other nations in conservation and management of migratory fishes. The accession to the
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24 sick prawn farms to operate again
Twenty-four sick prawn farms in Chilaw will recommence operations shortly, following a decision by Seylan Bank to freeze Rs. 417 million in loans due to the bank from farmers, Christie M Perera,
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Thousands lose livelihood following shutting down of Janakiya Matsya Krishi project
Thousands of fresh-water fishworkers and a number of fisheries science graduates have been rendered jobless as the Janakiya Matsya Krishi Project, which had registered an annual turnover of Rs 200
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Kampli fishermen left in the lurch
Thousands of fishes died due to drying up of Tungabhadra river in Karnataka in the last one week. With this nature's fury, around five thousand fishermen families living on the river banks are going
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FDA to post protocol on Internet soon
The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is all set to announce a chloramphenicol testing protocol, which will be posted on the agency's Website so as to allow interested parties to follow the new