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 …
Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." A research vessel carrying a team of about 30 researchers, technicians and crew members …
The world's commercial fisheries, pressured by overfishing and threatened with possible collapse by mid-century, could be rebuilt with careful management, researchers reported on Thursday. In fact, a fisheries expert who in 2006 predicted total global collapse of fish and seafood populations by 2048 is more optimistic of recovery, based on …
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: The recent findings by the team from School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), is an indication that there should be strict monitoring of exotic fishes being introduced in paddy fields as they gradually find their way into the natural systems. A series …
Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration will construct more mini dams in rural areas of the federal capital to development agriculture and facilitate farmers, said Islamabad Chief Commissioner Fazeel Asghar on Tuesday. He was addressing the first meeting of ICT farmers co-ordination committee. Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed, Agriculture Extension …
Three U.S. scientists are concern about the potential of people contracting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- the human form of "mad cow disease" -- from eating farmed fish who are fed byproducts rendered from cows. Mad cow disease, also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy is a fatal brain disease in cattle, which …
Regulations needed for dealing with such developments Even as controversy rages over the transgenic Bt-brinjal, Indian scientists have developed a genetically modified (GM) fish, which could be the first genetically engineered animal to get into the human food chain. The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is reported to …
Keoladeo National Park (KNP) is a 29 km2 area situated on the extreme western edge of the Gangetic basin that was once confluence of Rivers Gambhir and Banganga in Bharatpur district in the State of Rajasthan. KNP has a unique mosaic of habitats that include wetlands, woodlands, scrub forests, grasslands …
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has been operating a special loan programme for extensive fish cultivation to create employment opportunities along with fulfilling protein deficiency in the country's northwestern region. Officials sources told BSS that the specialised commercial bank has been running the credit programme on "RAKUB fisheries village" to …
President Asif Zardari has directed the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) to build a large sewerage dam, where industrial waste would also be collected and filtered, after which the water obtained would be used for parks and trees in the city as part of the Green City plan, Sindh Minister …
Ravinder Sood Golden Mahseer, which was categorised as an endangered species by the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow, in 1992, has been fast disappearing from the state. The major causes of this loss are the distortion of rivers due to the construction of river valley projects, multipurpose …
Scientists breed the cobia fish in cages Tuticorin: The scientists of FCRI recorded (identified) the breeder cobia fish on the Tuticorin coast. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tuticorin, implemented an Indian Council for Agriculture and Research (ICAR) - National Agricultural Innovative Project (NAIP) project on
Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 4 JUNE: A recent study conducted by the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute on the Ganga has revealed that due to increase in water temperature and erratic rainfall, some inland fish which breed mainly in the middle course of the Ganga are now coming to the upper …
A new species of fresh water fish Labeo Lankae once believed to be extinct has been found by the National Aquatic Resources Research Development Agency (NARA) in the Knuckles Range yesterday. A NARA official said this particular fish was last found in 1980 by Professor Ravi Senanayake when he was …
A new species of fresh water fish Labeo Lankae once believed to be extinct has been found by the National Aquatic Resources Research Development Agency (NARA) in the Knuckles Range yesterday. A NARA official said this particular fish was last found in 1980 by Professor Ravi Senanayake when he was …
Despite the reports of the occurrence of perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in industrialized nations, information on PFCs in less industrialized countries is meager. In the present study, concentrations and profiles of PFCs were investigated in surface waters (rivers, lakes, coastal seas and untreated sewage; n = 42) including the Ganges River water, …
At least 55 whales stranded on a beach near Cape Town were put down or died after rescue teams failed to return them to the ocean, a sea rescue institute said on Sunday. Scientists shot 42 of the false killer whales on Saturday and 13 others perished, possibly from internal …
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The Code of practice for fish and fishery products is intended for all those engaged in the handling, production, storage, distribution, export, import and sale of fish and fishery products. The Code will help in attaining safe and wholesome products that can be sold on national or international markets and …
