Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
Report filed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board in the matter of John Fernandes Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. M/s Nanjil Sea Foods (fish processing unit and cold storage with ice plant) at S.F. No. 478/4C, Painkulam village, Vilavancode taluk, Kanyakumari district has been issued with closure order …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pradip Chintaman Gharat & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 24/09/2019 regarding use of foreshore land bearing Survey No. 134 in village Erangal, Madh Island, Mumbai for drying fish. It is alleged that the said activity causes air …
Fishing fleets dump about 10 percent of the fish they catch back into the ocean in an "enormous waste" of low-value fish despite some progress in limiting discards in recent years, scientists said on Monday. A decade-long study, the first global review since 2005 and based on work by 300 …
Mwanza — Only two per cent of 100 firms surveyed by the National Environmental Management Council (NEMC) in Lake Zone regions adhere to Environmental preservation regulations. Nemc Director General Mr Boniventura Baya said the survey was conducted in Mwanza, Geita, Simiyu, Kagera, Shinyanga and Mara regions. The Nemc boss said …
Global fish production is approaching its sustainable limit, with around 90% of the world’s stocks now fully or overfished and a 17% increase in production forecast by 2025, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Overexploitation of the planet’s fish has more than tripled since the 1970s, with …
According to this latest report released by FAO, fisheries and aquaculture play a crucial role in food security and fishing industry along with the national fisheries authorities must do more to understand and prepare for the impacts that climate change will have on world fisheries. In addition to striving to …
700 mechanised boats anchored in Rameswaram. The 45-day annual ban on deep sea fishing began on Sunday. The ban will be applicable to the fishermen from Kanyakumari to Chennai along the east coast and it is being implemented for undisturbed breeding . During the period the fisheries authorities will also …
The FAO-ILO Good practice guide for addressing child labour in fisheries and aquaculture: policy and practice aims at improving the understanding of the nature and scope, causes and contributing factors, and consequences of child labour in fisheries and aquaculture by providing information and an analysis of current issues. Their objective …
The Karnataka Government on Thursday said it proposed to set up a fishing port in every 30 kms stretch in coastal regions of the state for providing impetus to the fishing industry. Currently, there are nine fishing ports on the state's 3600 km long coastline, Anand Asnotikar, Minister for Fisheries …
Tharuvaikulam fishermen save resources for the future Tuticorin: In spite of lacking offshore infrastructure facilities at Tharuvaikulam, a coastal village in Tuticorin, the fishermen of Tharuvaikulam have earned a reputation for themselves. Unlike other coastal villages in Tamil Nadu, these fishermen are playing an exemplary role by adopting an eco-friendly …
Fisheries Minister Joaquim Alemao has said that a final decision on the fish meal plant and expansion of the Cutbona fishing jetty will be taken only after the government receives report from the consultant. Alemao has said that the government has appointed a Delhi-based consultant by inviting Expression of Interest …
Agitation by Velim villagers against the proposed fish meal plant at the Cutbona fishing jetty drew first success, with the government on Tuesday deciding to keep on hold the land acquisition process to acquire land admeasuring 30,000 square meters for the project. The government
Fisheries Minister Joaquim Alemao has admitted that the government is acquiring land near the Cutbona fishing jetty to set up a fish meal plant. In a candid admission, Alemao said a fish meal plant is a dire necessity to curb pollution of the River Sal as tons of fish is …
Plans by the Fisheries Department to acquire land admeasuring 30,000 square meters at the Cutbona fishing jetty has run into troubled waters. Velim villagers have slammed the Department for pushing the land acquisition proposal sans transparency and without preparing a project report, feasibility report and the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) …
The High Court has quashed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) order dated November 28, 2008, granting fishing rights to Dr Amedkar Labour Co-operative Society Limited for two years at Ulsoor Lake. Hearing a petition by Thippasandra-based Bangalore Fish Produce and Processing and Marketing Society, Justice Nagamohan Das quashed the …
Priti Narayan PWD prepares estimate of Rs. 20.05 crore for Centrally-sponsored project Centre recommends preparation of Techno-Economic Feasibility Report No objections to the project were raised at a public hearing conducted PUDUCHERRY: The construction of a fishing harbour at Yanam has received clearance from the State-Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority …
CHENNAI: A viable alternative mechanism has to be created to improve the livelihood of fishermen as coastal fisheries are depleting, said P. Krishnaiah, National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) Chief Executive on Tuesday. Delivering the presidential address at the four-day international conference on
The owner of the fish processing plant at Subdolem in Balli village has refuted reports that the activity has left the area contaminated and expressed his willingness to implement all measures suggested by the Goa Pollution Control Board. In another development, some residents of Subdolem and Cordem have petitioned to …
