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 of non-conventional energy sources has identified 610 sites in the northeast for small hydro electric power projects to generate 504 mw of power. The ministry has already announced a speical incentive package for small hydro electric power projects, considering the immense potential for them in the region.
SHRIMP' 98, the fourth world conference on shrimp industry and trade, organised by Infofish in collaboration with FAO, MPEDA and Seafood Exporters Association of India will be held in New Delhi from November 5 to 7.
India is once again in the path of totality of the century's last total solar eclipse which will occur exactly a year later on this day, according to Birla planetarium officials.
More than 90 per cent of the billions of dollars in subsidies granted to the world's fishing fleets are likely to be in violation of global trade rules, according to a report released by the World Wildlife Fund. Most of the subsidies are supporting fleets which are taking a dangerous …
The United Nations has declared 1998 the International Year of the Ocean. This has provided a pretext for lofty talk about resucing the oceans from pollution and overfishing. Recent decisions by Canada and Greenland to close down commercial fishing for Atlantic salmon orginating in North American rivers are thus cause …
Lobsters are fancy species among fish lovers with price being no barrier in markets like Singapore, Japan and the US. The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) , involved in the development of necessary technologies in the fields of coastal and environmental engineering for comprehensive and sustainable development of the …
Unsustainable and unethical fishing practices have finally taken their toll. A recently concluded workshop on the Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP) for Indian fresh water species has identified 47 species that are on the verge of extinction. The status of fish varieties was assessed on the lines of the …
India's large dams will again be under public scrutiny as the newly established World Commission on Dams (WCD) holds its first public hearing on the experiences and lessons learnt with water and energy development across South Asia next month. The commission has already sent out an international call for presentation …
Eco-Spirit International (Pvt) Ltd is to launch Deto-Stop, an environment friendly anti-explosion filler of international standard. The anti-explosion filler is the product of Deto-Stop which is made of special alloy and designed for Nepalese market. The anti-filler helps in reducing vehicular emission and saves fuel too.
In Port Simpson and other communities on British Columbia's northern coast, this fishing season has brought renewed frustration, as stalled talks between Canada and Alaska on the Pacific Salmon Treaty have exposed yet another dispute over salmon fishing rights. Since the treaty expired in 1994, the United States and Canada …
People belonging to various sections have expressed grave concern over illegal fishing during the breeding season which has flooded the markets of the city as well as of other parts of the state with fries and fingerlings of big-sized fish.
The Interior Ministry of Thailand has instructed governors of 16 provinces to finish drafting action plans to ban inland shrimp farming in their jurisdictions by the end of next week, Deputy Agriculture Minister Virat Rattanaset said. Amid protests by black tiger prawn farmers, the cabinet last month approved a resolution …
From the middle Atlantic states to coastal Florida, health officials are bracing for what some scientists say could be another rough year which will see an increase in pfiesteria-like microbes around the US leading to fish kills. Weather and water conditions through the spring and summer have again been perfect …
Hundreds of fish have been killed by illegal dynamite fishing off Sai Kung in the past two days in Hong Kong. More than 600 fish, each about four centimetres long, have been killed and have washed up at Silverstrand beach and Sheung Sze Wan. Dynamite is used to stun large …
To establish a more conciliatory mood at the ongoing bilateral fisheries talks, Korea and Japan have launched a joint research project on the operation of Korean fishing boats in japanese waters, officials said yesterday. Officials at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said they dispatched two guides to Japan …
Infofish, an inter-governmeental organisaiton created by Food and Agricultural Organisaiton (FAO) and assisted by Danish International Development Assistance (Danida), is hosting an international commodity conference on shrimp in New Delhi in November. Shrimp'98 is being held for the first time in India and is in collaboraiton with Marine Products Export …
Irate CM calls meet: Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel has convened a meeting of all-party leaders of the Assembly here on Friday to protest against the four-day visit of the World Commission of dams (WCD) to India beginning Seotember 19.
Fish production in the Central and east European countries and the Russian Federation has shown signs of recovery after several years of decline. Production of fish in these countries had decliend dramatically over the past several years, mainly due to the loss of access to distant-water fishing grounds and the …
Prrovincial authorities in Thailand will seek cooperation from the Fourth Army Region and the Third Fleet to help crack down on trawlers using dragnets and pushnets to catch fish in restricted areas. Prapas Bunyindee, deputy governor of Phangnga, said cooperation from the two agencies is needed as some trawlers have …
