Typical agriculture sectors like animal production and processing, aquaculture and its processing, and fruit and vegetable processing, can be water-intensive and generate complex and sometimes severe pollution. Controlling pollution hinges on knowing its quantity (wastewater and solid waste volume) and characteristics (major pollutants and their concentration range, nature of wastes, …
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said it would seek compensation if Japanese fishermen sustain damage to their equipment or other property as a result of the activities of South Korean boats operating south of Hokkaido. A high-ranking ministry official also said that any refusal to pay compensation would …
Fisheries experts from all over the country at a seminar in Mumbai, while acknowledging the potential of aquaculture as a cheapest source of animal protein sounded a note of caution about the danger of environmental degradation and the far reaching adverse effects resulting from improperly planned and executed aquaculture operations.
Treated sewage water can be used to breed a variety of fish that grow to appreciable sizes in captivity, Dr. K. Venkataramanujam, Dean, Fisheries College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Tuticorin, said here on Monday.
The Government of Madhya Pradesh has decided to close down some of the Corporations/Federations in which the name of Fisheries Development Corporation has also been included. The reason for the drastic step is shown, as the loss being incurred by the MP Fisheries Development Corpn. Behind this the motive of …
Workshop of Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission, for the implementation of the project was recently held at Mundhada Kunj. The Collector and the incharge of the Mission Mr B L Agrawal speaking on the occasion said that the Mission is the most important factor in the development of the area and …
Physicists are hoping to find the neutrino, which may hold the key to one of the universe's enduring puzzles-why the cosmos isn't as massive as it should be.
The benefits of prawn farming in the coastal areas far exceeded its negative impacts given prominence by environmental activists, a new study by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) says.
Is peace at hand in Canada's bitter dispute with the United States over the sharing of Pacific Salmon? A report by two special envoys, which both governments have accepted, has raised hopes. But big problems remain.
A $100 million attempt to save the marine environment and boost dwindling fish stocks got under way in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park in Sai Kung in spectacular fashion, almost a decade after the idea was concieved.
A Tasmanian Government proposal to allow Pacific oysters to be farmed in waters around Flinders Island was like a deliberate release of the mad cow disease on land, a Democrats spokesman said. The report said the Victorian government's marine farming planning review panel approved the plan, pending further studies. But …
A machine developed by a Japanese research organisation in Nagasaki is attracting much interest from shrimp farmers in Asian countries because it effectively kills vibrio and other harmful bacteria by pumping ozone from land into the breeding pond.
India and Pakistan have been conducting peace talks at irregular intervals without much success. Any possibilities of long lasting peace however, is merely talk in the air when compared to the stark reality that stares the fishermen of this region. Pakistan has constantly indulged in acts of harassment on Indian …
Eight South Korean trawlers were reported to be in waters close to Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Sunday in retaliation for Tokyo's decision to unilaterally end its fishery pact with Seoul.
A conflict over fishing rights between South Korea and Japan threatens to escalate even as cooperation between the two countries is becoming crucial to solving Korea's financial crisis. Eight South Korean fishing boats entered off limits waters off the coast of northern Japan in protest of Tokyo's decision to pull …
Japan's relations with South Korea were thrown into peril when Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto decided to terminate a fisheries agreement between the two countries. The South Korean government immediately denounced the move, which will take effect in a year.
Fifty cases of food poisoning in two weeks have been reported among people eating large coral reef fish. Scientists blamed the Hong Kong govrernment, slamming a lack of control over the huge and growing import industry, with much imported live fish being subjected to no health checks.
