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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Concern over untapped fishing resources
The country is utilising only two-thirds of the marine fisheries available in its exclusive economic zone and the rest is left untapped as deep-sea fishing is not being undertaken, Mr V. Sampath, FAO
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Fears over marine plan
Advocates for Australia's marine environment are concerned that a world-first plan covering 2 million square kilometres of ocean will fail to adequately protect the area's rare environment. Federal
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Farmer fined for stream pollution, killing 80 fish
A farmer has been fined
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Fighting dirty over catfish
Tran Vu Long, a Vietnamese catfish farmer on the Mekong River, recently sold his twice yearly harvest at a loss of $2000. There was a time the fish would have fetched a good price in the United
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Madagascar's marine world - magical but fragile
Its cruising speed was deceptive for the creature quickly vanished back into the depths, leaving behind a group of eager scuba divers trying fruitlessly to keep pace with it. Two more of the
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Frying Vietnam's fish
The U.S. government has just added a final flourish of hypocrisy to its efforts to crush the Vietnamese catfish industry under a mountain of protectionism. The Vietnamese, after doing well enough to
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Trouble seas
Nine percent of the big fish have already been caught. Will rampant over fishing cause the ocean's ecosystems to collapse? No one knows. Marine biologists are spoiled for diversity : the Australians
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Aquaculture moving towards value addition
From raw block sales of black shrimps, aquaculture industry in the country is moving towards value-added customer-specific products. In the process, its sole dependence on the Japanese market is
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Protect fish resources: High Court to centre
The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has asked the Central government to take necessary steps required to protect the fish resources of the coastal States, taking into consideration the
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Fiery fisherman takes on his industry
Kurt Christensen, heads the Danish Society for a Living Sea, a Baltic-wide network of fishermen who are speaking out, frustrated by the region's dwindling fish stocks, the ongoing pollution, and