6-month fishing ban enforced
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government imposed six-month fishing ban from today to protect the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary. Trawlers and boatmen have been directed not...
View ArticleRains lash Tamil Nadu coastal areas, fishing boats missing
The coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, including state capital Chennai, received incessant rainfall due to Cyclone Laila. The torrent, which began late on Tuesday, continued on Wednesday too. The regional...
View ArticleDolphins face noise pollution in Chilika
The critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins here in the Chilika Lake which are a tourist attraction generating Rs 80 crore in annual revenue may be coming to harm from increasing noise pollution from...
View ArticleTraditional fishermen to seek total ban on Chinese engines
Traditional fishermen will demand a total ban on the use of the high horsepower Chinese engines by fishing vessels at a meeting called by Fisheries Minister S. Sarma in Kochi on Wednesday. President of...
View ArticleTrawl ban from tonight
KOCHI: Considered the most important effort at sustainable development of fish resources in the Arabian Sea, the one-and-a-half-month annual ban on fishing using trawl nets will take effect in Kerala's...
View ArticleEU Targets Sustainable Fisheries By 2015: Draft
The European Union's executive will propose plans to rescue the bloc's over-exploited fish stocks next week, with the aim of achieving sustainability by 2015, draft proposals seen by Reuters show. The...
View ArticlePlan to bring fishing community under PFZ project
The Indian National Centre of Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is working towards covering the entire fishing community of the country under the Potential Fishing Zone advisory services that deliver
View ArticleTsunami aid: Kerala govt put brakes on US boats
Further illustrating the doggedness of its stand towards the US, a WikiLeaks cable shows that the Left in Kerala was sceptical of even philanthropic gestures from the country. The cable sent by US Chennai
View ArticleTraditional fishermen demand withdrawal of diesel subsidy to large fishing...
PANJIM: The National Fish-workers Forum has hit out against diesel subsidies being given to large fishing vessels such as bottom trawling vessels, saying that a subsidy meant for the traditional...
View ArticleSeaplanes won't affect marine ecology: Expert committee
Seaplanes won't affect fishing activities at the waterdrome and they are environmentally safer than boats plying in the backwaters, says the final impact assessment report on seaplane operations on inland
View ArticleFishing contributes to climate change
The yummy fish delicacy on your plate is contributing significantly to global warming and climate change. Fisheries scientists of Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi, have estimated that
View ArticleWe’ll explore options on NGT verdict
Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Services and Sports, said on Wednesday that he would discuss the verdict of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) cancelling permits of sand extraction
View ArticleBan relaxed for oil spill-hit fishermen in 3 districts
From 61 days the restriction has been limited to 45 days, says Fisheries Secretary Following requests from fishermen of Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram, the State government has allowed them to
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