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 …
populations of many fish may lose genetic diversity even if fishing were to be stopped now, claim researchers from the University of Washington, usa. The findings are alarming. Losing diversity of key genes would render fish populations less productive, and unable to adapt when faced with challenges like global warming, …
Chemists have recently found a compound that detects a poisonous substance. The substance, called saxitoxin, is found in coastal waters. It is produced by flourishing algae. The toxin has become a menace in many countries, as it contaminates shellfish. After eating the contaminated fish, humans feel numb, dizzy and weak. …
Philippines joins CNG bandwagon: Yet another country attempting to switch its public transport to compressed natural gas (CNG) mode is Philippines. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced that a bus company, will undertake a pilot project by 2003, which will include 100 buses to be fully fuelled by CNG. Devious strategy …
CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT (CCHE) . New York Times . Between June 6 and August 15 . 2002 In what is being termed as the most extensive advertising campaign ever done to promote environmental health, seven spine-chilling one-page ads were displayed in the New York Times. The ads alerted …
Over one third of European fish oil supplements contain dioxin levels far exceeding European Union's (EU) food safety limits, show tests conducted by Food Standards Agency (fsa), a UK-based food safety watchdog group. The tests were conducted on 33 products, of which 12 were found to exceed the limits extensively. …
The succulent Patagonian toothfish is the bone of contention in the war between poachers and fishing patrols in Australia. Long-range, high-tech trawlers are being used by poachers to illegally catch us $200 million worth of this fish from sub-Antarctic seas. The fish is marketed in the us as Chilean sea …
> People are using over 20 per cent more natural resources each year than can be regenerated. The ecological footprint of humankind is increasing. This overdraft will not last long. Carry on stomping In 1999, the Earth had 11.4 billion hectares of productive land and sea space, that is about …
Large-scale fish deaths have sparked a livelihood crisis in the Penny Bay region of Hong Kong. The cause of the fatalities is said to be reclamation work on about 160 hectares of land along the island for a Disney park. Fish farmers have been offered us $641,000 as compensation for …
on june 13, death deluged the banks of Yamuna river in Agra. The Sikandara-Taj Mahal area along the water body was covered with thousands of dead and dying fish. Less than a week later, reports of more fish deaths poured in from Bateshwar
Mothers to-be, infants and children: beware of eating shark, swordfish and marlin! This alert has been sounded by the uk Food Standards Agency in the wake of studies which reveal that these types of fish carry high levels of mercury in them. The agency carried out a survey that analyzed …
Mystery Fish A tiny submarine craft will track the elusive coelacanth, a curious looking fish that has been swimming the seas for an astonishing 400 million years. Believed to be extinct for 70 million years, a coelacanth was trapped by a trawler in 1938 off the South African coast. Later, …
freshwater fish in Virginia contain the highest worldwide reported levels of penta bromo diphenyl ether (pbde), a chemical that is commonly added to polyurethane cushions for slowing down fires. The discovery, made by researchers from the us-based Virginia Institute of Marine Science (vims), has raised concerns because pbde is structurally …
there's an old belief in the coastal fish-eating state of Goa: if you don't want to spoil your holiday, beware of what you eat. Now, the state health department has issued a similar warning. Goans, particularly those from the southernmost taluka of Canacona, have been cautioned not to consume any …
the Russian mafia has been accused of practising illegal fishing in the western Bering Sea. In an investigative study by Trade record analysis of flora and fauna in commerce (traffic), it is claimed that fish poaching amounting to us $ 4 billion annually is being carried out by organised crime …
salmons from two rivers have shrunk in size due to a decades-old fight for food in the Gulf of Alaska. This was discovered by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, usa, who used high-resolution digital imaging equipment to look at about 2,000 fish scales taken from chum salmon caught …
Industrial waste released into a lake in Dhaka has triggered the death of thousands of fish. The polluted lake water is also posing a health risk to slum dwellers who have been consuming these dead fish. "The (fish) plague is believed o have been caused by indiscriminate dumping of sewage …
Frequent oilslicks and consequent water pollution off the Chittagong coast in Bangladesh have so far killed 160 species of rare fish and aquatic plants, claim marine biologists from the Chittagong University. Research conducted by them indicates that oilspills are not only responsible for the death of the marine animals, but …
huge dust clouds blowing across the Atlantic Ocean from the Sahara Desert cause red tides in the Gulf of Mexico, reveals a new study. Red tides, which are blooms of toxic algae, kill the gulf's marine life in large quantities. But this can be prevented, indicates the study done by …
Environmentalists have warned that a popular carnivorous freshwater turtle species imported to Sri Lanka is posing a serious threat to the country's indigenous fish species and aquatic animals. The turtle, known as the red eared slider (Trachymis scripta), is classified under the world's worst invasive species by the International Conservation …
at least 1,000 tonnes of fish were recently found dead near the shores of Kuwait. Following the incident, the government has imposed a ban on fishing, though the cause of the deaths is still not known. A committee set up by the government to examine the issue has failed to …
