Fisheries 
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Multi-purpose fish park to open doors soon
- Leisure centre, seed bank all rolled into one pretty spot at doranda
SANTOSH K. KIRO
Ranchi, Jan. 2: The new year has brought in great news for residents of the state capital interested in fishing.
A multi-purpose fish park will open doors in the heart of the city later this month.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
- Source:
- Telegraph (Ranchi)
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Indigenous fishes face extinction
Different species of indigenous fishes is under threat of extinction in Patuakhali due to continued drying up of rivers and lack of adequate water in water bodies like haors and beels.
Once famous for fish resources, the coastal district produced a huge quantity of sweet-water fishes in the rivers and water bodies but now the scenario has changed, local sources said.
- Date:
- 27/11/2008
- Source:
- New Age (Bangladesh)
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EU Proposes Penalties To Combat Illegal Fishing
Europe's fisheries chief proposed toughening EU rules on Friday to crack down on illegal fishing, largely blamed for depleting fish stocks, by using a penalty point system similar to that for driving offences.
- Date:
- 17/11/2008
- Source:
- Planet Ark (Australia)
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Angling competition to net uranium!
Never before was the stakes involved behind a village fishing competition so high anywhere. It was a whopping Rs 1,000 crore in this case!
- Date:
- 15/11/2008
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Environmental Advice For Obama: End Overfishing
US President-elect Barack Obama could protect ocean wildlife and save jobs in commercial fisheries by ending widespread overfishing, environmental and economic leaders and scientists reported on Thursday.
- Date:
- 14/11/2008
- Source:
- Planet Ark (Australia)
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Sharks and rays in peril
Jessica Aldred and Ian Sample
London: More than a quarter of sharks and rays in the northeast Atlantic face extinction through the effects of over fishing, with 7 per cent classed as critically endangered, conservationists have warned.
- Date:
- 12/11/2008
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Shark Kills One, 18 Missing From Boat Off Taiwan
Eighteen seamen are missing and another was killed by a shark after their fishing boat was swamped by high waves off Taiwan on Monday, the island's coast guard said.
The coast guard had rescued another nine crew members from the 993-tonne boat, agency spokesman Hsieh Ching-ching said.
- Date:
- 11/11/2008
- Source:
- Planet Ark (Australia)
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Fishing Threatens North Atlantic Sharks
A quarter of sharks and rays are threatened with being fished out of existence in the Northeast Atlantic, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said on Monday.
That is far above the threat level globally, reflecting the activity of fishing nations such as Spain, Portugal, France and Britain, the Swiss-based conservation group said.
- Date:
- 10/11/2008
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- Planet Ark (Australia)
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Ramro Korang Lake needs studies on fish diversity and water quality analysis for aquaculture
Arunachal Pradesh, once described as the ‘Hidden Land’ by virtue of its geographical position, climatic conditions and altitudinal variations, is a biodiversity rich region in Northeast India. With regard to information available about lakes/beels/wetlands, Nath and Dey reported that 2500 ha of lakes and wetlands exist in Arunachal Pradesh.
- Date:
- Nov 2008
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- Current Science Vol: 95 Issue: 9 pp: 1107-1108
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Sewage in Sankey tank: 200 fish die
The flora and fauna of Sankey Tank have been deteriorating rapidly in the last three months due to sewage flooding the tank from surrounding areas. It is estimated that 200 fish have died there and the influx of migrating birds had reduced considerably.
- Date:
- 08/11/2008
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
