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 Union Ministry for Agriculture has ordered killing of the predatory fish piranhas which are being clandestinely bred in different parts of the country for aquariums. Under the law, exotic fish varieties need the approval of the National Committee on Introduction of Exotic Aquatic Species in Indian Waters. The panel, …
HC : The Madras High Court today held that 'fish farming' could not be construed as 'agriculture' merely because the basic requirement except tilling of the land was almost similar. In his order, Mr. Justice S. Jagadeesan said merely because the operations and activities to maintain the fish farm was …
A state level agitation against the alleged expansion activities of prawn farms along the coast would be organised on August 28 by Campaign Against Shrimp Industries, a voluntary organisation.Ms. Jesu Rathinam, Convenor of the Campaign in a press release here today said that the agitation would be held on August …
Japan and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) agreed in principle on new bilateral fisheries accord this morning after reaching a compromise on disputed boundaries and fishing catches in the Sea of Japan, government officials said. Under the agreement, a provisional fishing zone would be created around the group of …
Black prawn farmers in Thailand have threatened to sue three senior officials for "spreading false information" on the environmental impact of inland prawn farming. Payoong Pattarakulchai, a prawn farmer in Ratchaburi and the deputy chairman of Prawn Raisers Association, said farmers in 18 provinces were preparing lawsuits against Sompong Theerawong, …
In a bid to arrest overfishing of high value lobsters and to increase its population, the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is to being a two-pronged programme to reduce fishing pressure on thse resources. The first approach, according to Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDDA) sources, would aim at …
A Rs. 2.35-crore project for induced breeding and larval rearing of lobsters will be taken up by the Tamil Nadu State Fisheries Department with financial aid from the Department of Ocean Development (DOD) at Neelankarai. The objective of the programme is to increase the production of lobster variety having export …
The number of fishing boats chasing a diminishing fish population worldwide is far greater than originally estimated, and the fleet should be slashed by two-thirds, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund. The report suggests that fishing boats worldwide can catch 155 per cent more fish than can …
Scientists at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University have raised hopes for the areas rocked with brackish underground water. They have identified some species of fish which grow well in brackish water and could make pisciculture gainful.
A couple of Pakistani seafood exporters have obtained orders for the export of 100,000 kilograms of shrimps to European countries, officials said on Monday. Qaisar Ali Shah Joint Secretary Ministry of Food and Agriculture said after the lifting of European Union (EU) ban on Pakistani seafood exports a huge order …
The tale of shrimping in the Gulf of Mexico, which streches from Texas to Florida, is not a happy one. Too many boats, too many empty nets. The shrimpers have resonded by harvesting shrimps that are too young or too small. The response of the government, federal and state, has …
A two-member team from the European Union (EU) has arrived in Kochi to find out if Kerala-based exporters had evaded a European ban on Indian seafood last year.David Hannay and Leif Khudsen from the EU secretary-general's office have been sent following suspicion that Indan experters used third country parties to …
Asia's largest brackish water lake, Chilka, is under threat due to large-scale 'fishy' operation by 'prawn mafia' in and around the lake. By encroaching over thousands of acres of land and water area for the lucrative prawn farming, prawn mafia is not only destroying this beautiful gift from nature, they …
Lawmakers, on the sidelines of working-level fisheries talks, are looking to help reach an early settlement to fisheries disputes between Korea and Japan. The politicians' engagement is a fresh development in the two countries' efforts to work out a new fishing accord, reflecting their wish to strike a deal as …
Some varieties of fresh water fish are on the verge of extinction as fry are being caught indiscriminately from different rivers defying government ban. The catching of the fry of some varieties like Kalibaush, Ruhi and Katla from July to December is strictly prohibited by the law in Bangladesh.
Prospects of the multi-billion shrimp industry in the next millennium will be the theme of the 'Fourth World Conference on Shrimp Industry and Trade' to be hosted by India in the Capital from November 5 to 7.
With the Delhi Government setting up a fresh deadline of August 20 for the Blueline operators to join the kilometre scheme, the STA Bus Nyay Panchayat has once again rejected the proposal.
the Union Commerce Ministry has approved a scheme to help farmers in the ten coastal States to set up effluent treatment plants (ETP) with subsidy, as part of its drive to boost eco-friendly shrimp culture in a big way. The Nagpur-based National Envrionment Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) has designed the …
The pilot project for comprehensive development of shrimp culture by using remote sensing technology without endangering the fragile coastal ecosystem in Andhra Pradesh is in limbo. The project was mooted by the union commerce ministry's Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) in 1994 following the outbreak of the deadly white …