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
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Pruning prawn farmers' ambitions
The fisheries department sets new rules for acquafarmers to avoid the recurrence of a viral devastation
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Tangled nets
A skirmish over fishing rights threatens to scuttle diplomatic relations between Canada and the European Community
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Common concerns
The poor man's access to common property resources which is declining due to rapid commercialization, needs to be protected, says a United Nations Development Programme report on Human Development in
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Net victory
Traditional Indian fisherfolk win hands down against discriminatory government plans
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When research kills
Defying an international treaty, Japan encourages its fisherfolk to exceed tuna quotas under the pretext of scientific research
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Resentment runs deep
EU s cod quota reduction generates controversy
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The miracle, east of Calcutta
The Other Wealth (63 mins, directed by Sudipto Sen), described by its producer, Mise-en-Scene, as "a tale of magic wetlands, its people and their technology", is about an outstanding example of waste
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Cuts on catches
The warming of the Atlantic waters may be responsible for the significant decline in stocks of cod and other white fish off the coasts of Europe. This despite the fact that, in the last two decades,
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Caught out
Fishing leads to fishy genes
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Farakka barrage flayed
THE BANGLADESH government has said the ecosystem in the southwestern part of the country is threatened by the excessive diversion of water from the Ganga at the Farakka barrage, 19.2 km from its