Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
In a major step towards boosting India's capabilities to study oceanography, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), the time-tested workhorse of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is all set to place the 960 kg satellite, Oceansat-2, in a sun-synchronous orbit tomorrow. This will be India's 16th space mission from the …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 07, 2009, 1:17 IST Over 90 countries, including India, have agreed to a draft of the first-ever global treaty to curb illegal marine fishing that is disturbing the fisheries
Western Provincial Council Minister of Fisheries, Road Development and Tourism, Nimal Lanza is to request President Mahinda Rajapaksa to consider removing fishing restrictions now imposed in the Western Province and allow fishermen to go out to sea to fish. Mr. Lanza said there were a few restrictions still imposed in …
Illegal fishing is depleting the seas and robbing poor nations in Africa and Asia of resources, but a lack of global cooperation is undermining efforts to track rogue vessels, an environmental group said on Tuesday. The Pew Environment Group, a Washington-based think-tank, has found that a United Nations scheme to …
The publication reviews a selection of transboundary governance systems from around the world tackling the issue of shared resources and environmental impacts affecting them. This publication examines the characteristics of successful transboundary resource management. Various cases of different shared resources, from water to fish to air, are described and their …
Climate change disrupts ecological systems in many ways. Many documented responses depend on species' life histories, contributing to the view that climate change effects are important but difficult to characterize generally. However, systematic variation in metabolic effects of temperature across trophic levels suggests that warming may lead to predictable shifts …
BHUBANESWAR: City-based Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) has bagged two competitive projects worth Rs 3.58 crore and Rs 5.03 crore respectively as a lead centre to work for three years under the National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP). The projects under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research will involve developing …
After a long history of overexploitation, increasing efforts to restore marine ecosystems and rebuild fisheries are under way. Here, we analyze current trends from a fisheries and conservation perspective. In 5 of 10 well-studied ecosystems, the average exploitation rate has recently declined and is now at or below the rate …
The Matsya Keralam project in the state is aimed at increasing the annual production of freshwater fish in the state to 2 lakh tones per year from the present 75,000 tones, said Fisheries Minister S Sarma. He was speaking after the inauguration of the second stage of Matsya Keralam project …
To control the viral infection in clownfish Tuticorin: The Aquaculture Department of Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tuticorin, a constituent of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, has developed a new cell culture from the tail muscle, brain and spleen of a marine ornamental fish called anemone fish. The …
A fisherman showing an African Mushi caught from the Periyar where the species is beginning to threaten the biodiversity of the river. KOCHI: The Periyar lake has been heavily invaded by African Mushi (clarias gariepinus) making it almost certain that the endangered local fishes in the water body would become …
G. Anand Thiruvananthapuram: The Forest Department is seeking the help of religious leaders to conserve endangered turtles, dolphins, whale sharks and corals along the State
George Joseph / Kochi July 15, 2009, 0:52 IST Russia has dealt a blow to Indian marine product exporters by banning imports from India. The ban has come into effect from the beginning of this month. To add to the woes of these exporters, the European Union
State promises free rations to jobless workers during seasonal ban mechanized boats stopped trawling the coastal waters of Kerala from June 15 following an annual ban imposed by the state till July 31 to protect fish stocks that spawn during this period. For once, the 4,000-odd trawler owners and workers …
Gaining access to the territorial waters of many developing countries has been a goal of expanding global capital in recent years. It comes in different forms and under different names but with the single objective of extracting profits for big business. The European Union (EU) is at the forefront of …
An innate knowledge of astronomy among the traditional fi shers of the southwest coast of India has, for generations, helped them in their fi shing activities.
Galicia, in the northwest of Spain, has initiated a bottom-up implementation and shared governance scheme for marine protected areas for small-scale fisheries management.
This latest report is on Arctic and the Antractic under assault from the impacts of rapidly accelerating climate change, from increased industrialisation; and from the unchecked consumption of our planet's resources. The Arctic and the Antarctic: two of the greatest wilderness areas on Earth, with ecosystems vital to the functioning …
