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 …
- European Union ministers called on Thursday for urgent action to tighten hunting controls on sharks, which are seriously threatened by chronic overfishing and one of the world's most vulnerable predators. Only two out of dozens of shark species in EU waters have annual catch quotas, instituted about a year …
April 23: The state government has imposed a ban on marine fishing for sea safety till June 15. The ban was imposed as per the AP Marine Fishing Regulation Act. The government declared a closed season on all mechanised and motorised fishing vessels excluding traditional fishing craft in the coast. …
George Joseph / Kochi April 20, 2009, 22:06 IST With seafood importing countries led by Japan and the European Union (EU) tightening quality checks on shrimp imports from India, two Indian marine products exporting bodies
It is to be developed as a core facility for mariculture RAMANATHAPURAM: The Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) would be made as a Centre of Mariculture and Marine Biodiversity, said S. Ayyappan, Deputy Director General (Fisheries), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Presiding over a national …
Aircraft and patrol boats will be deployed to prevent over-trawling by European Union fleets when the fishing season for the endangered bluefin tuna opens on Thursday. Prized by sushi lovers but chronically overfished for years, bluefin tuna commands sky-high prices in Asia, particularly in Japan where a single fish can …
French fishermen blocked three northern ports with their trawlers on Tuesday to protest against fishing quotas which they consider too restrictive, port authorities said. The blockades completely halted cross-Channel shipping from Calais and Boulogne, while traffic from Dunkirk was severely disrupted. In Boulogne, France's number one port for fish processing …
Action delayed: Even a 2oC rise above the pre-industrial levels would lead to 20-40 per cent of the Amazon dying within 100 years, said climate change experts from the UK. The study will appear in the journal Nature Geoscience. Declining corals: The number of fish in the Caribbean reefs has …
Japan's whaling catch in its latest Antarctic hunt fell far short of its target after disruptions by anti-whaling activists, the Fisheries Agency said on Monday. Japan, which considers whaling to be a cherished cultural tradition, killed 679 minke whales despite plans to catch around 850. It caught just one fin …
Overfishing will wipe out the breeding population of Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the ocean's largest and fastest predators, in three years unless catches are dramatically reduced, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday. As European fishing fleets prepare to begin the two-month Mediterranean fishing season on Wednesday, WWF said its …
After a controversial projection that wild caught fish will disappear, top researchers buried the Dhatchet to examine the status of fisheries-and what to do about it.
Karachi Fish Harbour Authority (KFHA) is planning to strictly implement the laws that effect ban on landing of small size fish and shrimps at the harbour to protect the marine animals against extinction. Talking to Business Recorder on Tuesday, KFHA Managing Director Aijaz Ahmed Mangi said that the authority will …
Whale sharks are a declining species for which little biological data is available. While these animals are protected in many parts of their range, they are fished legally and illegally in some countries. Baseline biological and ecological data are needed to allow the formulation of an effective conservation plan for …
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: While over-exploitation facilitated by improved technologies has depleted inshore fish stocks, the offshore regions in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and beyond remain under-exploited. To help fishermen find new catch areas, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi, has taken up a project under the …
The paper attempts to study the Indigenous Technical Knowledge of the fisher folk of fishing villages, Maruvakkad and Mallipuram belonging to Chellanam and Elankunnapuzha Panchayats, respectively of Palluruthy and Vypeen Block, Ernakulam. The Traditional knowledge and proverbs pertaining to the fishing community of these villages were collected and the scientific …
The only way to meet the increasing demand for fish is through aquaculture. Daniel Cressey explores the challenges for fish farmers and what it means for dinner plates in 2030.
Surinder Sud / New Delhi March 9, 2009, 0:51 IST Fisheries production potential of the oceans has been fully exploited, leaving little scope for increasing marine catches any further. The growth in fisheries output in future will come largely from aquaculture (fish rearing). This will have significant implications on livelihood …
Chattonella marina, a marine raphidophyte algae which produces haemolytic compounds is capable of damaging fish gills. Blooms of this algae were observed along North Kerala during September 2002, reaching maximum cell density 28
