Order of the Gauhati High Court in the matter of Hasibur Rahman Vs State of Assam & Others dated 19/04/2024. The state of Assam vide Notification, January 20, 2024 has published a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for restricting import/stock/sale of fish imported from other than self sufficient states by road/river …
Extreme climate events such as heat waves are expected to increase in frequency under global change. As one indirect effect, they can alter magnitude and direction of species interactions, for example those between hosts and parasites. We simulated a summer heat wave to investigate how a changing environment affects the …
SIVASAGAR: The Assam Minister for Fishery and Information and Public Relations, Basanta Das paid a visit to the Fishery Training Centre at Joysagar in Sivasagar on Tuesday. The Minister took stock of the present condition of the Fishery Training Centre which was established in the year 1961 by the bank …
Researchers have discovered the world’s first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, indicating that animals are adapting to climate change for survival. Leading researchers in marine biology have come across 57 animals along a 2,000-km stretch from Queensland to New South Wales which they believe are the result of cross-breeding between …
The Fisheries Ministry and other institutions under its purview have made arrangements to increase the fish harvest in Sri Lanka. The ministry's aim is to have 686,000 metric tons of fish by 2013, said Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne. "A total of 360,000 metric tons of …
Shillong: Additional Chief Secretary PBO Warjri has said that the only way Fisheries cooperatives can come up in Meghalaya is by educating the fisheries farmers on the need to harmoniously co-exist with one another. “The major factor which prevents the Fisheries Societies from coming up in a big way is …
KOZHIKODE: Fresh studies carried out by Ichthyologists have revealed that two fresh water fish species endemic to the Western Ghats are on the verge of extinction. Species, Hemibagrus Punctatus and Barbodes Wynaadensis have been enlisted as critically endangered by the International Union for conservation of Nature (IUCN) in its fresh …
Reports of a large number of fish dying in a river in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district have raised concerns about the toxicity of the water, particularly as it joins the Teesta river further downstream. “The reports of the deaths of large numbers of fish in the Karola river first came …
AGARTALA: Three after Chief Minister Manik Sarkar laid emphasis on retrofitting of the lake palace- Neermahal, the Tourism department has sent a proposal for overall development of the 81-year old historic structure in West Tripura district. At a high level meeting on tourism, the Chief Minister made some specific proposals …
JOWAI: The famous Lukha river in Jaintia Hills has turned blue again on Friday and thousands of dead fishes were found floating on the water surface all along the river right from Sakhri till Borsora village, a distance of about 25 km. The changing of colour and death of fishes …
The fish farming potential in the state lies unutilised. The Department of Fisheries has failed to motivate farmers, especially in lower areas, to take to fish farming in a commercial manner. Just a few farmers are involved in fish farming in a commercial manner on their own initiative. One of …
SHILLONG: The State Government is contemplating to launch the much-anticipated Meghalaya Aquaculture Mission at the beginning of next year. “We have planned to launch this mission on January 1, 2012. But since it’s a holiday we are contemplating to launch it either before or after January 1,” Commissioner and Secretary, …
SHILLONG: Israeli experts will help Meghalaya to improve fish farming in the northeastern state, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has said. Launching an awareness campaign about a state aquaculture mission, Sangma said late Thursday: “Experts from Israel have been invited to study and suggest measures to further improve fish farming by …
This document provides an overview of the global aquaculture status and development trends resulting from a series of regional reviews; Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Near East and North Africa, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa, conducted by FAO in 2010. The global production of fish from aquaculture has …
New research from the University of Missouri indicates that Atlantic Ocean temperatures during the greenhouse climate of the Late Cretaceous Epoch were influenced by circulation in the deep ocean. These changes in circulation patterns 70 million years ago could help scientists understand the consequences of modern increases in greenhouse gases. …
New Zealand has warned it faces its worst maritime environmental disaster after a stricken container ship off the nation’s coast sustained further damage and spewed up to 350 tonnes of oil into the Bay of Plenty. The Liberian-flagged Rena, which ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef last week, issued a …
Although women are admittedly bearing the brunt of climate change, India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has remained gender-blind and does not focus on gender issues. Aditi Kapoor’s report Engendering the Climate for Change — Policies and Practices for Gender-Just Adaptation highlights that the four adaptation-focused missions remain …
Local administration and law enforcing agencies started drives against fishing in open water sources from Thursday to execute an 11-day fishing ban to facilitate safe spawning of Hilsa fish. Hilsa exporters hailed the drive calling for taking steps against infiltration of foreign fishing boats in Bangladesh coastal waters while fishermen …
Environmental contamination by pharmaceuticals is reaching alarming levels and is set to rise. New partnerships between drug companies, the public-health sector and those who deliver environmental sustainability are urgently needed to tackle the issue. (Correspondence)
Great Lakes shorelines are becoming clogged by algae blooms fed by agricultural run-off, while invasive mussels decimate the food chain in deeper waters, an environmental group said on Tuesday. The five lakes, which contain one-fifth of the world's fresh water and supply tens of millions of people, may be "veering …
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has created the world's biggest shark reserve: so large that all of Mexico could fit comfortably inside. With new legislation, commercial shark fishing is now completely banned in Marshall Islands' 768,547 square miles (1,990,530 square kilometers) of ocean. The new shark sanctuary not only …
