Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The sea of northern Spain is shortly to be invaded - by robots. Scientists are building a shoal of robot fish to be let loose in the port of Gijon to check on the quality of the water. Modelled on carp and costing about
Workers try to clean up Australian beaches but it looks like a long haul BRISBANE: Wildlife workers rescued turtle eggs and captured a few oil-coated pelicans off Australia
Six major groups of enteric bacteria, viz, Faecal coliforms, E. coli, Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae were screened for the present study. The overall percentage occurrence of enteric bacteria in water and sediment was maximum accounted for Vibrio parahaemolyticus (81.7%) and minimum for Salmonella spp. (9.6%) …
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
A workshop on marine protected areas in India suggested ways to achieve livelihood-sensitive conservation and management of coastal and fisheries resources.
By Jithendra Antonio The Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA), on behalf of the Chairman, Cabinet Appointed Negotiating Committee and Secretary to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is tendering a
Coastal waters support 90 per cent of global fisheries and are therefore an important food reserve for our planet1. Eutrophication of these waters, due to human activity, leads to severe oxygen depletion and the episodic occurrence of hydrogen sulphide
This report was commissioned by the WWF International Arctic Programme to examine the adequacy of the current international governance and regulatory regime of the marine Arctic in light of current and future effects of climate change on the Arctic. The main elements of this report are an overview of the …
This report documents a global analysis designed to help illuminate the distribution and condition of oyster reefs, which have been among the most important and valuable resources to humans and among the most poorly understood as a habitat. Numerous recent papers document the condition of and threats to marine ecosystems …
The environmental clearance offered to the Koodankulam reactors in Tamil Nadu is not based upon a careful examination of all the potential impacts on the environment and livelihoods nor does it incorporate public concerns.
Land based pollution is increasing at an alarming rate in Sri Lanka and it stands at 90 per cent in comparison to the international level of 40 per cent, Marine Pollution Prevention Authority (MPPA) Chairman M. A. R. Kularatne said. Waste material washed into the sea from the land has …
The coastal waters off western India may be the largest natural low-oxygen system. In summer and autumn the oxygen level drops to 0.2 mg per litre, said S W A Naqvi, chemical oceanographer at National Institute of Oceanography in Goa. During these seasons, the institute
Dr Francis Day, the First Inspector General of Fisheries in India, stated: "Our fishermen are a very miserable lot of people and extremely poor." This view is no longer tenable as the Koli community has certainly advanced a great deal although it is not up to the mark. A preliminary …
Overfishing and pollution continue to threaten marine resources and the livelihood of thousands of fishermen in the country as a weak surveillance network allows the owners of deep-sea trawlers to violate the relevant laws. According to sources, about 300 million gallons daily (MGD) of untreated industrial and municipal waste is …
Jeremy Jackson, director of the Scripps Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, cites the synergistic effects of habitat destruction, overfishing, ocean warming, increased acidification and massive nutrient runoff as culprits in a grand transformation of once complex ocean ecosystems. Areas that had featured intricate marine food webs with large animals …
On 30 May 2006, a bulk carrier, MV Ocean Seraya ran aground along the Karwar coast spilling 650 tonnes of oil. Due to the rough SW monsoon, the spill spread to some beaches in south Goa. The aim of this communication is to study the immediate impact of oil spill …
Dead zones in the coastal oceans have spread exponentially since the 1960s and have serious consequences for ecosystem functioning. The formation of dead zones has been exacerbated by the increase in primary production and consequent worldwide coastal eutrophication fueled by riverine runoff of fertilizers and the burning of fossil fuels. …
Kalpakkam to monitor the seasonal variation in mercury (Hg) concentration. The Hg level (dissolved + acid leachable) ranged from 3 to 50 ppb for surface and 1.5 to 47.9 ppb for bottom-water samples, yielding an annual average concentration of 20.42
