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 …
An international study today said that fish population which is "critical" to human food security is declining worldwide while the marine ecosystem in India is under "huge" pressure due to overfishing. A study conducted by WWF - Living Blue Planet Report - found that while over-exploitation is identified as the …
THE number of fish, turtles and other wildlife in the world’s oceans has halved in decades, conservationists warn. Overfishing, pollution and changing climate are blamed for the ‘potentially catastrophic’ decline in marine life. From the temperate UK waters to tropical coral reefs, the planet’s seas are emptying fast, the World …
Populations of fish critical to human food security are in serious decline worldwide with some at risk of collapse according to the emergency edition of a WWF report released. WWF’s Living Blue Planet Report finds that much of the activity threatening the ocean is avoidable and solutions do exist to …
Corals are recovering from last year’s bleaching but warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures this year will likely lead to a more deadly year for coral reef Warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures around Hawaii this year will likely lead to the worst coral bleaching the islands have ever seen, scientists said. Many corals are only …
The man promoting a controversial underground gold mine near Majors Creek was in charge of an Australian mine in the Philippines which discharged cyanide-laden waste into creeks, killing fish and other marine creatures. The Philippines Government imposed a record fine of $A267,000 against Lafayette after investigating two instances of cyanide …
Scientists studying diseases threatening amphibian, reptile and fish populations now can report findings on a new online portal. This new wildlife disease reporting system is called the Global Ranavirus Reporting System (GRRS) and was developed by researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA). Researchers from Purdue University …
RAIPUR: Keeping in view the immense scope of fishery in irrigation water reservoirs and anicuts, Chhattisgarh government has chalked out a special action plan. Fishery will be practiced through cage culture in water reservoirs and anicuts with more than two hundred hectares area. Department's guidelines state that cage culture unit …
During the year 2014-15, under the central sector scheme, “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level” sponsored by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, samples of vegetables, fruits, spices, red chilli powder, curry leaves, rice, wheat, pulses, fish/marine, meat and egg, tea, milk …
A four-decade-old conservation project has enabled the return of Mahseer in Indrayani river. Experts say the endemic fish, which can only be found in clean waters, was not spotted in the river since the 1970s. However, after a successful project was initiated in 2010, the fish has been spotted again …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is formed when water and air come in contact with pyrite (FeS2) present in coal and exposed rocks, to form sulphuric acid. The process of pyrite oxidation further leads to the formation of Fe3+ and some or all of this Fe3+ precipitates to cause red, orange …
Although the Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado River features one of the most remote ecosystems in the United States, it is not immune to exposure from toxic chemicals such as mercury according to newly published research in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. The study, led by the U.S. Geological Survey, …
Is fishing permitted in City lakes? Yes, simply because there is no law prohibiting it. Bengalureans can take up fishing as a pastime and he/she cannot be booked for it. People usually do not fish as they are not aware of this and also most importantly because the lakes are …
The sector specific policy targets 7.15 lakh tonne of total fish production by the end of 2019-20 The state government today approved Odisha Fisheries Policy, 2015, with an objective to increase the productivity and production of fish from island, brackishwater and marine resources. The policy was approved by the state …
CHANDIGARH: More than 100 fish were found dead, floating on the surface of a man-made lake at Dhanas on Sunday morning, putting aquatic life under severe risk. Local residents said they had observed dead fish in the water for the past one week. Even as the dead fish have not …
This review updates the effect of lifestyle on plasma triacylglycerols (TAG) in the postprandial state, commonly reported as postprandial lipemia (PPL), an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Numerous studies have shown that Mediterranean diet may reduce PPL. However, most of these studies were focused on the type of …
KOLKATA: A fish hospital — the first of its kind in the country — will become operational in Kolkata in two-three months. The hospital, with facilities to diagnose and treat ailments in fish commercially bred in the state, will help farmers increase their produce. West Bengal was the country's largest …
Hundreds of dead fish have been floating in the Devarabeesanahalli lake in Mahadevapura zone for the past two days, but none of the civic agency’s officials has taken note of it so far. The lake, spread over 39.31 acres and maintained by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), is surrounded by …
MADURAI: In an effort to sustain fish resources, a month long ban on fishing has been announced in Thekkadi Reservoir (Mullaperiyar Dam) falling within the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR). The annual ban starts on Tuesday, June 16 and will last till July 15. During this period tribal families whose income …
SALEM: A team of officials from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) collected water samples from the River Cauvery near Mettur dam in Salem district on Monday, after fishermen found dead fish on the river banks. "We conducted a check after receiving a tip-off about dead fish found washed out …
HCM CITY (VNS) — A bat with nightmarish fangs (Hypsugo dolichodon), the world's second longest insect (Phryganistria heusii yentuensis) and a colour-changing thorny frog (Graciaxal lumarius) were among the 70 new species found in Viet Nam in 2014, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). …
