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 …
KOLHAPUR: The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) may find itself in trouble because of its "inability" in curbing pollution in Rankala lake in the city. In a report sent to its higher office in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has recommended prosecution against the civic body for its inaction …
State government abandons plan to divert water from the Chenab river Jammu is heading for a major water crisis in the coming years as the PDP-BJP government has almost abandoned the plan to divert water from the Chenab to meet the future demands of the expanding city. Sources said the …
NAGPUR: Taking cognizance of the alarming decline in the population of Mahseer, an endangered fish species, Tata Power, India's largest integrated power company, has supplied 10,000 healthy Mahseer fingerlings to Hira Bambai reservoir near Nagpur. The company has set up a breeding centre at Walwan Gardens, Lonavala, as part of …
Thousands of fish have died in the Basanter river in Samba in the past three days. Dead fish were seen floating on the water or lying along the banks of the river on a 4-km stretch between Badheri and Burj Tanda villages. Sensing risk, residents of the villages along the …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team took samples from Surry, a tributary of the Beas, to ascertain the cause behind the death of a large number of fish in the water bodies. The Fisheries Department has said that the fish died due to reduced level of oxygen in the …
A large numbers of fish were reported dead in the Surry and Beas near the bordering village of Kiri Afghana on the Hoshiarpur-Gurdaspur border. Dead fish could be seen floating over water in large numbers. Officials of the Fisheries Department investigating the matter claimed that the discharge of untreated toxic …
Hundreds of fish were killed at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi after an industrial chemical was mistakenly introduced to a huge tank instead of a drug commonly used to kill worms and lice in fish, the aquarium said on Tuesday. Some rare species were among 389 fish killed …
Nowadays, aquatic organisms are used as bio-indicators to assess ecological water quality in western regions, but have hardly been used in an Iranian context. We, therefore, evaluated the suitability of several indices to assess the water quality for an Iranian case study. Original Source
Mangroves have been accorded most vulnerable status in the event of an oil spill, by the environment sensitivity index (ESI) map of Goa part of the Goa state oil spill disaster contingency plan released on Friday. Mangroves found along the course of Mandovi and Zuari rivers with a healthy growth …
A study carried out by researchers from Mulawarman University in Balikapapan, East Kalimantan, has found unsafe concentrations of heavy metals like lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) in fish caught in the Mahakam River delta. Mulawarman University Community Health School vice dean Blego Sedionoto said lead concentrations …
It is no secret that in the midst of climate change, coral reefs around the world are suffering. However, a warming world is not the only factor putting these reefs in danger - overfishing also plagues these colorful ecosystems. And now new research offers a glimmer of hope, finding that …
A 10-year plan to tackle the rapid extinction rate of Australian animals has been launched, with scientists from across the country collaborating on ways to deal with the biodiversity loss. Conservation organisation Bush Heritage Australia is spearheading the initiative, that will involve 50 scientists from 15 universities working on 55 …
The transgenerational consequences of environmental contaminant exposures of aquatic vertebrates have the potential for broad ecological impacts, yet are largely uninvestigated. Bisphenol A (BPA) and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) are two ubiquitous estrogenic chemicals present in aquatic environments throughout the United States and many other countries. Original Source
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global, regional, and national levels, and—supported by …
Pune-based Western Zone bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to pay a compensation of Rs 95.19 crore to the 1,630 fishermen families in Uran and Panvel talukas …
A variety of hydrokinetic turbines are currently under development for power generation in rivers, tidal straits and ocean currents. Because some of these turbines are large, with rapidly moving rotor blades, the risk of collision with aquatic animals has been brought to attention. The behavior and fate of animals that …
Immune dysregulation associated with mercury has been suggested, though data in the general population are lacking. Chronic exposure to low levels of methylmercury (organic) and inorganic mercury is common, such as through fish consumption and dental amalgams. The objective of the study was to examine associations between mercury biomarkers and …
The tribals staying in the core or buffer areas are dependent on forests for their survival and this has hugely disturbed the ecosystem. Finding an alternate solution for this long-existing quandary, a group of local environmentalists conducted an experiment and gave a new meaning to fish farming methods in tribal …
Pesticidal stress is very common factor today in human health and animal health. Most of the world s population depends upon fish food. Fishes can serve as bioindicators of environmental pollution since they are directly exposed to chemicals resulting from agricultural production via surface run off or in directly through …
lake of death: Hundreds of dead fish float in Jakkur lake. Tussle between the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) over maintaining the Jakkur lake has led to the death of hundreds of fish and other aquatic species in the last three days. The carcasses …
