Fish production in NE to be doubled by 2020
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving
Fisheries
-
Drying wetlands
An apathetic government, land hungry people, and fight for survival: it s the same story everywhere. Here are a few examples:
-
Trawler travails
A campaign against trawlers operating on a factory like scale in the north Pacific has been launched by Greenpeace in the US
-
Ban lifted on fishing in Sutlej
Discharge of effluents into the river had caused large scale fish deaths, leading to the curbs
-
Bundled out
Villagers in Pench National Park sent packing
-
At harpoons drawn
Marred by acrimony, whaling panel meet ends indecisively
-
Pact ratified
Experts question efficacy of plant genetic resources treaty
-
Fish on the front burner
Marine species likely to top CITES meet agenda
-
Death warmed over
SPECULATION is on about the effect of global warming on fish production. The world's marine population is, as it is, subjugate to various factors such as water temperature, salinity, ocean currents,
-
A sea invasion
AN AQUATIC army of American origin has invaded the Black Sea and is wreaking havoc on the fisheries there. Small jellyfish-like, tentacled creatures called ctenophores arrived there in 1982, hiding
-
New injectable male contraceptive
A styrene maleic anhydride 'plug' has few side effects and is reversible.