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• 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

  • 12/09/2012

  • Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
  • • Aquaculture
    • Fisheries
    • North East
    • Development
    • Bhubaneswar
    • Shillong
    • Tripura
    • Nagaland
    • Meghalaya

• Indian Ocean 'heatwaves' spell disaster for coral

  Vast areas of coral reef could perish within the next few decades in a procession of cyclic "heatwaves" in the Indian Ocean, a marine biologist warns. Charles Sheppard, of Warwick University, reports

  • 18/12/2002

  • • Fisheries

• Beware fish lovers: Mercury is spicing your curry

  The industrial areas of India might be 'leaking' high levels of mercury into water bodies. An alarm has also been sounded for seafodo-lovers that fish from Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai have also shown

  • 19/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Fisheries

• In troubled waters, Punjab finds fish

  The agricultural powerhouse of the 20th century seems to be jinxed. Even as it battles the rice-wheat vicious cycle, Punjab appeared to have come up with a good thing in fish farming. With Bihar-UP

  • 19/12/2002

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Fisheries

• Huge potential of cold water fish farming in Arunachal

  Arunachal Pradesh, endowed with natural resources, has huge scope for fish farming, particularly trout fish farming, known as cold water fish farming. Trout, a cold water exotic fish, needs 0 degree

  • 14/12/2002

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)
  • • Fisheries

• Fishing in Haa Alifu atoll now poor

  Fishing in the northernmost atoll of the Maldives is very poor, the Island Offices said. The island office of Hoarafushi island, which is one of the most successful fishing islands in the north of

  • 22/12/2002

  • • Fisheries

• Time running out for Indian Ocean's corals: study

  Several of the Indian Ocean's coral paradises may be wiped out by climate change within the next couple of decades, a study published on Thursday in the British scientific journal Nature says. Those

  • 20/12/2002

  • • Fisheries

• Kanditheemu boat rammed into reef and inflicted damages

  A boat of Kanditheemu island (Sri Lanka) laden with cargo ran aground on a reef and sustained damages. There were 17 people in the boat, which include the crew and passengers. The boat named

  • 23/12/2002

  • • Fisheries

• Inland freshwater fishery to be further developed

  Fresh water fishing has been successfully undertaken in more than 200 seasonal tanks under the National Program of Developing Freshwater Fishery Industry, according to the Ministry of Fisheries and

  • 25/12/2002

  • • Fisheries

• Fisheries and aquatic resource amendment bill passed in parliament

  The second reading of the fisheries and aquatic resource amendment bill was taken up in Sri Lankan parliament. Speaking at the debate, Fisheries Minister Mahinda Wijesekera said the new amendments

  • 25/12/2002

  • • Fisheries

• Fresh boost for freshwater fishery

  Freshwater fishing has been successfully undertaken in more than 200 seasonal tanks under the National Programme of developing freshwater fishery industry, according to the Sri Lankan Ministry of

  • 30/12/2002

  • • Fisheries