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 …
The oil spill near Ennore Port will have a long-term impact on the marine eco-system, fear researchers. With January and Febru researchers. With January and February being the spawning season for many species of fish and the nesting time for turtles, these creatures will be the most affected said an …
Researchers found that extra rainfall drives up the amount of organic material flowing into the seas.a Rising temperatures may boost levels of mercury – one of the world’s most toxic metals – in fish by up to seven times the current rates, say scientists. Researchers found that extra rainfall drives …
Scientists have just named an adorable new species of Hawaiian coral reef fish after President Obama. The fish, now formally dubbed Tosanoides obama, was found back in June during an expedition by divers inside Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument - a protected area that Obama expanded earlier this year. "We …
HOWRAH: About 30-35 fish were found dead in one of the 24 lakes in the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden on Tuesday morning. The authorities believe that oxygen deficiency due to unchecked growth of water hyacinth is the reason behind this. In order to ensure regular aquatic activities, …
Climate change is disrupting the sensory systems of fish and can even make them swim towards predators, instead of away from them, say researchers. These abnormal behaviours are linked to the effect of carbon dioxide (CO2) on how the brain processes signals from sensory organs, according to the study published …
MANGALURU: The Dakshina Kannada district administration and food and civil supplies minister UT Khader sent a stern warning to the fish exporters and eateries that they would be held responsible if more fish poisoning cases were reported. This warning came in the backdrop of more than a hundred persons including …
Decreasing water level in Pushkar Lake has come down hard on fishes and dozens of them died in last 48 hours. The incident irked the priest association which has warned of agitation during the international cattle fair. Sensing the anger of priests, district administration, on Tuesday, connected pipelines of Bisalpur …
Scientists at Jadavpur University have developed a harvester which uses raw fish scales, which can generate biodegradable energy to power next-gen medical devices like a pacemaker. This technology will be used to tap into the sustainable green energy sector. Fish scales are said to contain collagen fibers which in turn …
Very high levels of a range of pharmaceuticals have been reported recently in the effluent from a wastewater treatment plant near Hyderabad, India. The plant serves approximately 90 manufacturers of bulk drugs that primarily are exported to the world market. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics were found at levels that are highly toxic …
Energy harvesting performance of an efficient flexible bio-piezoelectric nanogenerator (BPNG) is demonstrated, where “bio-waste” transparent fish scale (FSC), composed of self-assembled and ordered collagen nano-fibrils, serves as a self-poled piezoelectric active component, exhibiting intrinsic piezoelectric strength of −−5.0 pC/N. The dipolar orientation (∼19%) of the self-polarized FSC collagen is confirmed …
BENGALURU: Even Voracious African Catfish Struggling For Survival It is 10.30am and Lokesh M is hauling his coracle out of Varthur Lake's filthy water. He has spent four hours in the water body searching for fodder for his cattle. "Imagine trying to swim in a pool. It's even more taxing. …
Global fisheries stand to lose approximately $10 billion of their annual revenue by 2050 if climate change continues unchecked, and countries that are most dependent on fisheries for food will be the hardest hit, finds new UBC research. Climate change impacts such as rising temperatures and changes in ocean salinity, …
Scientists from NOAA and the Bishop Museum have published a description of a new species of butterflyfish from deep reefs of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The study was published today in the scientific journal ZooKeys. "Butterflyfish are the glamour fish of the coral …
Thick layers of oil sticking to plastic and other debris were washed ashore Chowpatty beach on Sunday morning. "Spills like these will harm non-moving organisms and filter feeders like barnacles, shell fish, corals, sponges and marine algae on the rocky patch off Marine Drive," says marine conservationist Pradip Patade who …
Madhwaraj said his department will soon streamline the inland fisheries sector to weed out the menace of middlemen. The state government will soon convene a meeting of fisheries ministers of all maritime states besides their counterpart in the Union Government to work out a fishing policy at the national level. …
Scientists have identified two new species of fish off New Zealand that belong to the family Opisthoproctidae, also known as spook fish or “barreleyes”. Barreleyes, with their large transparent heads, are one of the rarest and "most peculiar and unknown fish groups in the deep-sea pelagic realm", researchers say. Some …
Bhubaneswar: The state government has targeted to export seafood worth Rs 3,000 crore during this financial year. It has adopted a comprehensive fishery policy to generate Rs 10,000 crore by 2020 from seafood exports. The state has witnessed increase in exports from 14,161 metric tonne (MT) in 2007-08 to 35,630 …
Anyone with internet access and a passion for seafood will soon be able to track commercial fishing trawlers all over the world, with a new tool that its developers hope will help end the overfishing that has decimated the world's fish stocks. Millions of people depend on fish to survive, …
The Endangered Species Act was enacted by Congress in 1973 to protect species threatened with extinction. To receive protection, a species must first be listed as endangered or threatened. A two-year timeline for the process was established in 1982 by a Congressional amendment to the ESA. Researchers found that many …
New research blames rising temperatures over the last century as the key cause of decline in one of the world's most important fisheries. Lake Tanganyika is Africa's oldest lake and its fish are a critical part of the diet of neighbouring countries. But catches have declined markedly in recent decades …
