Fifty five year old thomas kocherry , one of the founders of the National Fishworkers Forum a trade union network of 200,000 traditional fisherpeople has been its chairperson since 1983. Although he has worked for traditional fisherfolk since 197

EVEN as fish catches across the world continue to decrease, in the European Union (EU), no great effort seems to be put into conserving the species. A concerned Emma Bonino, the EU

An acoustic alarm called pinger could detract innocent porpoises that get trapped in fishing nets

TECHNOLOGICAL advances in the fishing industry has made life miserable for the multitudes of aquatic species. Until now it was the drift nets

The sea of Senegal is bearing the brunt of overfishing and pollution. The fishing policy of the Euro

strange are the ways of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( sepa ). They have authorised salmon farmers to use a synthetic chemical

A campaign against trawlers operating on a factory like scale in the north Pacific has been launched by Greenpeace in the US

an unusual problem has arisen off the coasts of us . It has do with the clean-up of lakes in and around the country, to get rid of waste that has led to a depletion of a certain variety of

Three species of the partula snail have found a new home on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti. The island happens to be the world's smallest nature reserve. The American predatory snail

IN THE struggle for existence, the feathered creatures are losing out to the denizens 6f the deep. Every year, Scotland carries out licenced. killing of at least a thousand wild birds to

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