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 …
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Honduras on Thursday, killing at least five people, knocking down flimsy homes and causing damage in neighboring Guatemala. The offshore quake destroyed some 60 houses and damaged scores of other buildings across the north of Honduras, a poor country of 7 million people, and …
Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty and paid fines to settled environmental charges stemming from two high-profile derailments in Western Canada, officials said on Monday. The railroad will pay C$1.8 million ($1.6 million) to resolve the charges stemming from the crashes in August 2005 that leaked oil into Lake Wabamun in …
In view of the economic recession, particularly in the USA and European countries, the prices of frozen food in the international markets has fallen up to 40 to 45 percent posing a threat to the industry in Bangladesh. "A red alert hovers over the frozen foods industry," said Sheikh Abdul …
In view of the economic recession, particularly in the USA and European countries, the prices of frozen food in the international markets has fallen up to 40 to 45 percent posing a threat to the industry in Bangladesh. "A red alert hovers over the frozen foods industry," said Sheikh Abdul …
Experts, businessmen, fishermen and fish workers based on their experience said the fishing zones and fish production in the coastal area are declining gradually over the years. They attribute it to sea level rise, increase of salinity at coastal belt, frequent cyclone and change in the oceanic current pattern. Decline …
The biggest seawater desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, north of San Diego, can begin construction by year's end after a six-year effort to win regulators' approval, the developer said on Thursday. The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve permit revisions for the …
JOWAI: Concerned over the illegal killing of fish in rivers in Saipung area, the Jaintia Youth Federation, Saipung Circle in its Circle Executive Council held recently decided to ban the use of dynamites and any other chemicals in the rivers for killing fish. The JYF-Saipung Circle has also warned any …
KOCHI: The second edition of Vembanad Fish Count, a survey being organised to identify backwater fishery resources, will be held on May 27. The survey, jointly organised by various stakeholders such as government agencies and NGOs, aims to create awareness to protect bio-diversity.
The United Arab Emirates is considering restricting the sale of hamoor, one of the most popular fish in the Gulf region, to prevent its extinction, an environment ministry official said on Tuesday. A report by the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) -- part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture …
"It is the largest Baghair sold in the city market in last 15 years. We bought it at Tk500 a kg and sold up to Tk800," said Haider Ali, the seller of the fish. Even the fish traders of the market wanted a share of this rare fish, he added.
Even as there has been no significant decline in the fish catch during past three years fish availability for common man has reduced. While fish catch is also expected to be less this season, it will not be significant, believes Department of Fisheries. Less fish is available to common man …
The fish breeding project in the North Western Province which was intended to uplift the living standard of the small scale fishermen is just another failed project. The fisher folk of the area pointed out that it was an ill advised project that wasted Rs. 6 million of public funds. …
A large population of more than 12,000 farmer families that depended on the Koggala Oya for irrigation facilities for centuries is facing a predicament due to the inflow of sea water through the lagoon. During World War II, an air force base of the allied nations was located in the …
Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to establish proper mechanism for treating industrial effluents as only one percent of wastewater is treated, daily, before being discharged directly into rivers and sea. Industrial effluents containing high level of pollutants are discharged everyday into sea and river causing incident of skin disease, …
Murray Carpenter MANY PEOPLE scour the Maine woods for lakes with big trout, but just a few seek places like this unnamed four-acre lake near the Machias River. Like thousands of other Maine lakes, it is scenic and remote, but it claims a rare distinction: it has no fish. Amanda …
- European Union ministers called on Thursday for urgent action to tighten hunting controls on sharks, which are seriously threatened by chronic overfishing and one of the world's most vulnerable predators. Only two out of dozens of shark species in EU waters have annual catch quotas, instituted about a year …
Birds no more: Eight bird species have vanished from the 25 sq km Salim Ali sanctuary in Ernakulam district, Kerala, said a study by Nirmala College in Ernakulam. Changes in their environment, teak plantations for example, may have caused this. The study also recorded the number of bird species increased …
Many people scour the Maine woods for lakes with big trout, but just a few seek places like this unnamed four-acre lake near the Machias River. Like thousands of other Maine lakes, it is scenic and remote, but it claims a rare distinction: it has no fish. HABITAT Amanda Shearin, …
Brussels is expected to put a dramatic reduction in the size of the European fishing fleet at the heart of efforts to overhaul a fisheries policy that it acknowledges has failed to curb over-fishing. Fleet capacity is highlighted in a European Commission discussion document released today that calls for greater …
The Mallathahalli lake, where about a lakh fish were found dead over the last four days, was cleared of the waste on Saturday by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Water samples were collected from different parts of the lake and sent for tests, the results of which would be …
