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 …
France, Spain and other Mediterranean nations forced the European Union to retreat, on November 18, from an ambitious plan to save the threatened and prized bluefin tuna. After drawn-out negotiations, the 27-nation EU abandoned a plan to seek cutbacks in fishing quotas based only on scientific advice and said it …
France, Spain and other Mediterranean nations have forced the European Union to retreat from an ambitious plan to save the threatened bluefin tuna. After drawn-out negotiations, the union abandoned a plan on Wednesday night to seek cutbacks in fishing quotas based only on scientific advice, and said it would now …
Age-related cataracts (ARCs) are an important cause of blindness in developing countries. Although antioxidants may be part of the body's defense to prevent ARC, environmental contaminants may contribute to their pathogenesis. Elevated exposure to mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) has been reported in fish-eating populations of the lower Tapaj
Two endemic fish varieties - catfish and eel - are feared to have disappeared from the Pampa. No individuals of these species have landed in the nets of fishermen for the last three years triggering suspicion of their population loss. The catfish (Nadan Mushi) and the eel (Malanjil) were once …
Kakinada, Oct. 9: The use of solar energy for effective drying of fish was stressed at the one-day workshop organised here on Saturday. The workshop on the effective use of solar dryers was organised jointly by department of fisheries, Non-Conventional Energy Development Corporation of AP (Nedcap) and the Society for …
Oct. 7: As many as Rs 2 lakh worth fish stocks died in the village pond of Santaravuru of Chinaganjam mandal due to poisoning of water on Thursday. The Rajaka Sangham members, who took the pond on lease for Rs 13,000 per annum, came to the pond and found all …
Fear-mongers have called it Frankenfish, what the Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Aqua Bounty has been trying to sell since 1995. Critics have argued that the genetically modified salmon eggs proposed by the company
Dry fish is a popular delicacy lapped up across the country, but consumption of it is also hazardous for human health as the preservative used in keeping them dry is highly toxic. Dry fish traders at Kharinasi, Ramnagar and Paradip on the Bay of Bengal widely use the preservative to …
S Raja | ENS Ramanathapuram THE Gulf of Mannar National Marine Park (GOMNMP) has decided to erect thatched monitoring sheds in all fish landing centres in the district. The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust (GOMBRT) is functioning as an implementing agency for the government and it arranges training for …
Grim tidings from the Mumbai oil spillA Toxic Brew The collision between two ships off Mumbai has resulted in an environmental catastrophe There is a humongous oil slick Mangroves along the coast have suffered. So too has marine and bird life. It may take months to clear the slick, locate …
KOCHI: Expressing concern over the Kolachil fishing method in the state, a Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) report has said that the system would slowly wipe out the cuttlefish resource in the state. Kolachil fishing involves using the stem of coconut tree to form structures with a view to …
Tuticorin: The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust, (GOMBRT) Ramanathapuram has sanctioned a project on environmental factors influencing the spatio-temporal variations of fin and shell fish eggs and larvae in Gulf of Mannar. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tuticorin, a constituent college of Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) …
T P Nijeesh MALAPPURAM: In a faunal exploratory survey of the Aralam Wild Life Sanctuary in Kannur district, a team of scientists at the Western Ghat Regional Centre of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has discovered a new catfish species from Uruttyppuzha, an upland stream-tributary of the west-flowing Valapattanam River …
The pristine forest of Neora Valley National Park (NVNP) in Kalimpong hills, Darjeeling district, which has formed an ecological trijunction with Sikkim and Bhutan, is the last virgin wilderness in West Bengal. It is one of the oldest (1881) reserve forests in India. Since this area has been put under …
A study was carried out at the Central Farm of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar during 1992-93 to evaluate the performance of composite fish culture with catla (Catla, rohu, mrigal and grass carp) in a fish-crop-duck-poultry integrated system.
Mumbai Come August, the Powai lake will get another batch of nearly 10,000 chilwa fish, that had disappeared from the lake about a decade ago. The Maharashtra State Angling Association (MSAA), a local caretaking body of the ecology of Powai, introduced nearly 500 fingerlings of the fish into the lake …
AIZAWL, June 27: Zoologists claimed to have discovered a new species of sisorid cat fish in Mizoram. The species of cat fish named Pseudolaguvia virgulata is recently discovered from the Barak river drainage in Mizoram, said Dr Lalramliana, Assistant Professor of Department of Zoology, Pachhunga University College, Mizoram. This finding …
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas said the government has adopted a Taka 122 crore master plan for the development and expansion of fish cultivation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region. "The government has stepped up special endeavours to increase fish production in the Kaptai Lake," he said, …
International prices of key food staples have dropped during the first five months of 2010 according to the latest edition of FAO's biannual Food Outlook report. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 164 points in May 2010, down from 174 points in January and substantially less than its peak of …
