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, …
Japan unilaterally scrapped its 1965 fisheries pact with South Korea on Friday in a thorny dispute on redrawing sea boundaries, triggering a tit-for-tat response from an angered Seoul.
There is growing evidence to prove that some of India's richest fishing grounds are being rapidly depleted due to indiscriminate fishing and unmitigated exploitation of resources. Coming as it is in the wake of the virtual decimation of some of the world's richest fishing grounds in the North Atlantic and …
NASA has renamed the Mission to Planet Earth enterprise the Earth Science enterprise. The Earth Science enterprise is one of the four strategic enterprises of the Agency, responsible for a long term, coordinated research to study the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human induced changes on …
Fisher men in Kerla are seeing what they call the 'biggest fish drought in recent years' with sea fish landings in the state falling by about 45 per cent vis-a -vis the last year and nearly 75 percent of the trawl boats confining themselves to the shores over the last …
Swordfish is a popualr dish among seafood lovers everywhere. For that and other reasons, its numbers are dwindling at an alarming rate, especially in the North Atlantic. So it is heartening that leading chefs at more than two dozen leading restaurants across US have joined a cooperative effort to help …
The Alaskan fishing industry is suffering after a mysterious drop in the salmon harvest, and the incomes of some fisherman have collapsed. Half of the anticipated 1997 sockye salmon harvest failed to appear and local biologists admit to having no obvious explanation for the losses.
America's fisheries are not in good shape. By some accounts, more than two thirds of all commercially important fish populations are now classified as "fully fished" or "overexploited" which means they are in decline or heading there. For some species, adjustments in fishing methods could do wonders.
After a gap of more than 30 years, a rare fish species of silverbelly, Leiognathus smithursti, was discovered off the coast of the Indian coast. During their routine field operations, scientists of Central Marine Fishery Research Institute (CMFRI) discovered one maturing female specimen of the species from the trawl catches …
Khepupara Fish Processing and Marketing Project has been facing a set back for want of fund, hampering research work for development of fisheries. The project had started with financial assistance from the Danish Government.
A substantial number of fish are found dead in the Yercaud lake, the most sought after tourist spot in Salem district, allegedly due to a mysterious disease. The dead fish are found to have a severe sore on their posterior and pus is oozing out of that.
Contrary to popular perception, shrimp farming is not eco-unfriendly, a three-man study by the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Cife) at Mumbai has found .The study has recommended that Coastal Zone Regulation (CRZ) rules, which have been framed in the context of industries be amended and relaxed to be farmer-friendly.
President of Krushak Mahasangh and environmentalist Banka Behary Das has alleged that nearly 1,200 sea turtles have died since November last year due to intensive fishing in the prohibited marine sanctuary at Gahirmatha. Accusing the forest and fisheries department of not enforcing the law in the area, Das said trawlers …
One of the world's largest fishing vessels, using nets wide enough to snare several jumbo jetliners, is threatening to destroy marine ecosystmes, of the Pacific, warned environmentalists.
Fishing in the Chilka lake on the coast has come to a halt with fishermen stopping work since Friday demanding formulation of a long term fishing policy for the lagoon.
Nepal has currently embarked on an experiment on rural water supply with two clear guiding philosphies. They are propounded by two funding giants - World Bank and ADB. Both are receiving applaud and criticisms though from different agencies. One line adopted by the Asian Development Bank, ADB, supplies funds for …
Some 25 lakh hectares of water bodies would be brought under integrated fish cultivation under 18 projects of Water Development Board where participation of people would be ensured.
Indiscriminate dynamiting of rivers and other water bodies in Kerala is posing a grave threat to the life of swarms of freshwater fish which are fast depleting in strength and intensity, according to experts. This was revealed in a paper presented at a workshop on conservation and management of fish …
Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday called on Japan to ban the import of the southern bluefin tuna, the primary catch for the luxury Japanese sashimi trade, saying the species was on the brink of extinction.
The Andhra Pradesh government has set up State and district level committees as per a Supreme Court directive to regulate aqua farms and minimise environmental pollution.
