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 …
Needed facility: A view of the biogas plant in Tuticorin on Wednesday. Tuticorin: Collector G. Prakash inaugurated a 250-KVa (Kilo Volt ampere) project to generate electricity from effluents released fish processing companies here on Wednesday. He said the waste extracted from fish cleaning and exporting activities could be converted into …
After the roaring success of its Cochin edition last year, the Indian Fishing Expo will be held in Mangalore this year from July 17 to 19, informed Co-ordinator of the expo K J Varghese. Speaking to media persons here on Thursday, he said that the expo will be held at …
KENDRAPARA: Fate of large number of shrimp farmers and seafood exporters hangs in balance due to slipshod attitude of the Fisheries Department, alleged Gorachand Mohanty, president of Orissa chapter of Sea Food Exporters
The Code of practice for fish and fishery products is intended for all those engaged in the handling, production, storage, distribution, export, import and sale of fish and fishery products. The Code will help in attaining safe and wholesome products that can be sold on national or international markets and …
Tuticorin: A training programme on fish handling and preservation was inaugurated at shore laboratory of fishing harbour complex on Tuesday by P. Velayutham, Professsor, Department of Fish Processing Technology, Fisheries College and Research Institute (FCRI). During the programme the fisherfolk would be taught important aspects of hygienic handling of fishes …
The Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) set up in 1954 is the only national center in the country where research in all disciplines relating to fishing and fish processing is undertaken. The institute started functioning at Cochin in 1957. Research centers function at Veraval (Gujarat), Visakhapatnam (AP), Burla (Orissa), …
Ties up with farmers for contract farming of prawns Unveiling plans The proposed processing plant will have two units (to process marine foods and vegetables and fruits) with an overall 3.5 tonnes an hour capacity. The firm's hatcheries division will supply seed and feed with buyback guarantee to farmers with …
indian fishing and marine product processing sectors are protesting against a proposed free trade agreement between India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (asean) that excludes many fish varieties from its sensitive list. This list, if finalised, would affect more than a million Indian processors of marine products. …
crisis tided over: The dispute over seasonal fishing in the reserved forestland of Jambudwip island in West Bengal (see: Out of bounds, February 28, 2003) may be resolved in the near future. An amicable agreement between the state government's fisheries and forest departments bears testimony to this. The deal was …
The export of fish and fish products from India is not a post-Independence phenomenon. Fish export statistics are available from mid-nineteenth century onwards. Princely states like Travancore and Cochin had vibrant export trade. Dried fish and prawns, fish oil, shark fins, sea cucumber, fishmeal
phekia devi At the age of 50, Phekia Devi has seen the transition of her fellow fisherfolk: from the days of oppression of the landlords to the betrayal by their own people. As she walks on the banks of the Ganga, she describes how the fishing mafia stripped her folks …
Take the case of Assam. According to Pradeep Sharma, professor of the department of geography, Cotton College, Guwahati, most of the 3,513 wetlands in Assam are not even registered. The fishery development corporation of Assam only has a little more than 200 beels (wetlands) that are under the corporation. The …
Ajitpur, a small village situated some six kilometres downstream of the holy town of Hardwar, is home to the traditional fisherfolk community of Kashyap and Jhunwar. "The new generation is not keen on taking up fishing as their occupation because of less earnings," says Mayaram, the head of the village. …
In Jhanjharpur, Bihar, the Samajik Shaikshanik Vikas Kendra (SSVK), a non-governmental organisation founded by Deepak Bharti, a follower of Jaiprakash Narayan, is reclaiming traditional tanks to be used for fishery development. In these 525 villages spreading over the districts of Madhubani, Saharsa, Darbhanga and Supour, fisheries has become the new …
Pollution is one of the biggest killers of inland fish. And traditional fisherfolk are worst affected,says K Gopakumardeputy director-general (fishery)Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)New Delhi. Data from the Central Inland Capture Fisheries Research Institute (CICFRI)Barrackporeshows that fish catch in most riverine fisheries is declining. The Gangafor examplereceives mostly untreated …
Bihar's fisherfolk are facing a strange predicament. Their new threat is the Vikramshila Sanctuary - covering 50 kilometres of the river from Sultanganj to Kehalgaon. The Bihar government notified it as a sanctuary in 1991 to conserve the Gangetic Dolphins. Pollution, dams and overfishing have severely affected the population of …
Parties across the political spectrum tried to make a killing on the stand-off between fisherfolk and the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF). Top leaders asked Environment minister T R Baalu to review the controversial notification. Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu (TN) and All-India Anna Dravida Munethra Kazagham …
