The mucky sediment below fish farms usually teems with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The presence of such bacteria is a cause of increasing concern because resistance can limit the ability to fight diseases, but it is also not that surprising: pisciculturalists have a long history of dosing fish they are breeding and …
The mucky sediment below fish farms usually teems with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The presence of such bacteria is a cause of increasing concern because resistance can limit the ability to fight diseases, but it is also not that surprising: pisciculturalists have a long history of dosing fish they are breeding and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Popular Pisciculture Association Manipur Vs State of Manipur & Others dated 23/05/2016 regarding construction activity going on in Lamphelpat wetland in the State of Manipur. NGT in its Order says that even though this application is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Popular Pisciculture Association Manipur Vs. The State of Manipur & Others dated 05/01/2016 regarding construction activity in Lamphelpat wetland, Manipur
Delhi’s ponds could soon get a new lease of life — in the form of pisciculture. The Delhi government has identified 24 water bodies for fish breeding and rearing. A senior government official said the move is aimed at creating livelihood for people living in villages and overcoming the problem …
BALASORE: A century-old canal between Odisha and West Bengal has become a major poll issue in Balasore parliamentary constituency. Leading political parties have promised to revive the 221-km long Coast Canal, which would provide a boost to irrigation, flood control and pisciculture in the district. "The canal is a national …
Paddy is cultivated with fish rearing, is practised by the Apatani tribe of the ziro valley. The study analyses the contribution made to total and net revenue by the fish rearing component of the system. Fish cultivation contributes significantly to total and net income from agri-pisciculture.it is thus recommended that …
Bangladesh and Odisha have decided to increase cooperation in the field of agriculture, horticulture and animal resources development. Agriculture Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Matia Chowdhury, who met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Friday, said there should be greater cooperation between the two in these fields because of similarities in …
KOLKATA, 12 JULY: Officials of the environment department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) are planning to visit the municipal markets in the city next week to check whether the ban on plastic carry bags are being implemented properly. On the eve of World Environment Day this year, a blanket ban …
BHUBANESWAR: The left hand of Orissa Government does not know what the right hand is doing. While Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik pitches in for employment generation through private entrepreneurship in the fisheries sector, the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development department kills the very potential by hounding them out. The Kaushalyaganga …
State Minister for Land Advocate Mostafizur Rahman MP has said that 2-lakh tones additional fish production is possible annually through enhancing pisciculture in rice fields in Rangpur division alone. For this, he suggested for inspiring the farmers, providing them with the latest scientific technologies, and educating them in producing quality …
BALASORE: Come summer and people in the northern parts of the State face an acute shortage of water. But, nobody really cares to protect the water bodies which keep the groundwater level high. According to an estimate, about 30 ponds have been filled up in Balasore town for construction purposes …
To adopt scientific fish culture it is most essential to collect good quality fish seed so that one can get actual benefit in fish production. It is observed that genetically degraded fish seed never achieves the actual growth rate. This due to induced breeding of different Indian major carp species …
Untimely rains have left farmers in dire straits. It is imperative for farmers to take up alternative jobs, along with farming to increase their income, said Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) Administrative Board Member Monappa Karkera inaugurating the
The steady decline in the ground water level across the state has prompted the government to launch a $300m World Bank-funded irrigation project that will include recharging of underground aquifers. The state water investigation and development minister, Srikumar Mukherjee, said the five-month project was aimed at making
The National Fishworkers Forum headed by Matanhy Saldanha on Friday "completely rejected" the draft CRZ Notification 2010 issued early this week, saying it neither protects the fishing communities' rights and livelihood nor the coastal environment. "Activities that do not need to be within 500 metres from the sea like atomic …
KOLKATA, 13 JULY: According to the District Human Development Report on South 24-Parganas, which was released yesterday, 15 per cent of Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forests, may be submerged by the year 2020. However, an uncertainty prevails over the data. An environmentalist who was involved with the project, said …
A study was carried out at the Central Farm of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar during 1992-93 to evaluate the performance of composite fish culture with catla (Catla, rohu, mrigal and grass carp) in a fish-crop-duck-poultry integrated system.
