Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
CUDDALORE: Child labour is quite rampant in the fishing trade in Cuddalore. Children in the age group of 10 to 15 are seen involved in the trade in large numbers in the Cuddalore Port area. They wait at the fish landing yard from early morning for the mechanised boats to …
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 …
Fisheries sector, which was one of major occupation and industry in the region is slowly dying a silent death due to negligence of the Government. There are more than 450 families engaged in this business on full time basis and there are many more families who have migrated to the …
PORVORIM, JAN 19 Minister for Fisheries Joaquim Alemao has stated that the government has decided to increase the length of Malim fish jetty by 50 metres at a cost of Rs 3.65 crore. He was speaking at the Malim Jetty after inaugurating the administrative building of the Directorate of Fisheries. …
The global economic crisis has affected the seafood industries in the State as a result shrimp farmers of the coastal belt are in a dilemma whether to take up shrimp cultivation or not this year due to fall in prices of shrimp in international market.
Coastal Development Corporation to build the new ones There are 9 fishing harbours now, work on for 6 more 25 fish-landing centres are also to be built KOCHI: The proposed Coastal Development Corporation will build 11 fishing harbours along the State
Business Standard / New Delhi August 22, 2008, 0:02 IST For many years, India's fishery exports (the largest component in the broad category of agro-exports) have had an unhealthy dependence on shrimp. So it is good news that this dependence is now reducing, the export basket diversifies. Also reducing is …
Karimnagar, July 13: The fisheries department has stocked a total of 56.97 lakh of advanced quality fingerlings of major carp variety at a cost of Rs 17.69 lakhs in the LMD reservoir in the town as part of reservoir fishery development programme to benefit about 1,100 fishermen families. A small …
The shrimp farmers in the country, especially in Andhra Pradesh, should not cultivate, or culture P. Monodon alone as there is a shift in the international market, and they should take up culture of L.Vannamei as well on a large scale, according to Mr L. Sa-tyanarayana, the President of the …
Despite fish being a favourite dish among the people of Asom the annual production is around 1.75 lakh tonnes only against the total requirement of 2.95 lakh tonnes. Moreover, a lion share of the local fish have dried up, thereby creating a lacuna in supply and demand and compelling the …
It should not come as any surprise to Goans that our fishing trawlers are returning almost empty or with very little catch, pushing the prices of fish to the sky. The resources of fish in the sea are not infinite, if the rate of harvesting fish exceeds the natural rate …
During this biting cold what can be better than a dish of black-tiger prawns cooked in oriental style for dinner or just batter fried along with your evening drink. But then, be prepared to shell out a huge sum as black-tiger prawns supply is going down with stagnant production over …
In a memorandum submitted to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) has expressed serious concern over the plight of the marine exports industry in the country. In the memorandum, the association has said that the fisheries sector is facing the biggest ever crisis in its …
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. …
Australians will have less of the fish they like to eat. Catch limits of six popular fish species in South-East Trawl Fishery, the main supplier for the Sydney and Melbourne markets, have been cut for 2005. Decreasing stocks is the reason behind the move. The cut applies to the flathead, …
it has been nine months since the us began its search for chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Although nothing was found, yet the us' paranoia over bioterrorism attacks has not waned. In fact, two new regulations to prevent such an incident came into force on December …
