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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Seafood Sector Faces The Heat
The over $1,350-million marine export market is feeling the pinch of the dollar weakening against the rupee, though officials at Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) see only a
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Southern ocean hunt for ship with cargo of endangered toothfish
South Africa joined a dramatic international hunt for an Uruguayan fishing vessel which is believed to have illegally poached millions of pounds worth of rare Patagonian toothfish in Australian
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Australia in High-Sea Chase to Save Protected Fish
Australia sought international help this week to halt a Uruguayan ship suspected of poaching a rare, protected fish following an 11-day-old chase across rough sub-Antarctic seas. Australia's
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Emergency move to save UK reef
Conservationists savoured a rare victory after the European commission stepped in to save Britain's best preserved coral reef from imminent destruction by industrial fishing. Acting on a request from
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Fresh water prawn output may rise 30 pc by 2005
India is emerging as a leading player in fresh water prawn farming and the country's production in the sector is likely to increase by 30 per cent over the next two to three years, Dr Michael New,
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State breeding ground for South American fish
A South American fish species has landed in Assam and it is living gregariously in an ever-increasing school in a small water body of Rangiya area! Scientists here believe that the discovery of the
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Phone cables tangled in Florida coral reef debate
Deep down under the sea off the Florida coast, colorful coral reefs teem with lobsters, grouper, starfish and sponges - and about 16 fiber optic lines. The lines, which connect telephone and
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Global climate rise causes drop in African fish stocks
Climate change, rather than over fishing, has been blamed as the primary cause of the large fall in fish harvests in Lake Tanganyika, the second largest lake in the world, a report published in the
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US to be stringent with Indian seafood
India's Rs 6,790-crore marine export industry is likely to take a severe beating with the US getting tough on sanitary and phytosanitary norms. The US has notified strict norms for testing
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South Africa, Australia arrest toothfish ship crew
Australian and South African officials boarded a ship suspected of poaching the rare Patagonian toothfish and arrested the crew Wednesday, ending a 20-day chase through Antarctic seas. The