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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National food policy plan of action and country investment plan: monitoring report 2012
The Monitoring Report 2012 indicates that Bangladesh is becoming a more food secure, better nourished and healthier country. However, progress has been uneven. Food is more readily available in the country,
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Construction projects stopped, Sukhna’s silt lying unused
Chandigarh: Around 55 lakh cubic feet of silt, that has been removed from Sukhna Lake, is lying by the lake itself. Shortage of construction material that has stalled several projects has also ensured
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Temporal and spatial variations in agricultural growth and its determinants
The agriculture sector has gone through different phases of growth, embracing a wide variety of institutional interventions, and technology and policy regimes. From the late 1960s onwards, the green revolution
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Applications flood fish mission - Huge response from Meghalaya farmers
Shillong: The Meghalaya State Aquaculture Mission has received nearly 40,000 applications from individual fish farmers across the state to partner with the state government in attaining self-sufficiency
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Scores of dead fish at Kanjli wetland raise stink
Kapurthala: Scores of fish have been found dead at the Kanjli wetland. While officials of the state Fisheries Department claim that aquatic life is gradually vanishing from the wetland due to low oxygen
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Judge says ill villagers need full payment
A judge commissioner of justice has weighed in on behalf of victims of lead contamination at Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi's Thong Pha Phum district by seeking compensation for their illnesses. Phanuphan
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After farmers, fishermen at loggerheads with industries
SAMBALPUR: Displaced by Hirakud dam project, the fishermen residing in periphery villages of Hirakud dam reservoir (HDR) are finding it difficult to eke out a living. While the fish population in the HDR
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Carp rearing initiated to alleviate malnutrition atop Kolli Hills
As part of the steps taken by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) to alleviate malnutrition among the tribal community living at Valappur atop Kolli Hills, the foundation has initiated rearing of carp fish in the private and community ponds in a people participatory mode, on Saturday. “Nutrition deficiency diseases such as goitre, anaemia and calcium deficiency are visible among tribals on that hill and it could be brought down by adding fish as part of their diet,” Principal Investigator of the IDRC Alleviation of Poverty and Malnutrition Project of the MSSRF Mr. Siddick Abubacker told The Hindu .
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Projects worth Rs.650 crore for fisheries
Biometric cards for fishing workers will be distributed in three months. Minister for Fisheries and Excise K. Babu has said that projects worth Rs. 650 crore will be implemented this year for the development of fisheries sector. The projects will be implemented in association with the Fisheries department, Coastal Areas Development Corporation, Matsyafed, and Fishermen’s Welfare Fund Board, he said. He was talking after inaugurating the valedictory session of the State-level leadership camp of the Kerala Pradesh Matsya Thozhilali Congress here on Saturday.
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Fishing in dire straits
Controversies related to Indian trawlers crossing into Sri Lankan waters of the Palk Bay have repeatedly been the subject of newspaper headlines in both India and Sri Lanka since 1990. The first aim of