SHILLONG: The State Government is planning to explore a new domain of tourism with the development of fish sanctuaries across the State. “We are planning to construct 100 fish sanctuaries in the next two years with an aim to promote tourism through them,” Principal Secretary of Fisheries department KN Kumar …
New Delhi: Planning Commission on Wednesday finalised the annual plan for Manipur at Rs 3,500 crores for the year 2012-13. This was finalised at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Ibobi Singh on Wednesday. In his comments on the performance of the …
The government has accorded sanction for the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) necessary for setting up a fishing harbour at Valiathura in the city, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday. He was speaking after inaugurating the model ‘Matsyagramam' scheme designed for the holistic development of the fisheries sector at …
Fish heads and chicken fat are being turned into electricity by the UK’s largest retailers including Wal-Mart Stores that ship food waste to power plants to reduce garbage-removal fees. Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, along with Marks & Spencer Group, John Lewis Partnership’s Waitrose, William Morrison Supermarkets and J Sainsbury …
Climate change may prove beneficial to Kerala in select sectors notwithstanding its negative impacts, including sea-level rise. The silver lining in the cloud is that it will increase the production of cocoa, coconut, and arecanut and positively influence the recruitment and catches of oil sardine during the post-south-west monsoon, says …
A green economy is necessary if sustainable development is to be realized. However, as this report emphasizes, a green economy can also, if accompanied by the right policy mix, create more and better jobs, lift people out of poverty and promote social inclusion. In fact, the growth model of the …
As the climate change took its toll on the magnificent Indus delta, apart from losing natural resources – a major source of livelihood for coastal residents – acute shortage of drinking water for human and livestock has become a major reason behind migration. A research study entitled ‘Migration from Indus …
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Forest Service’s policies permitting gold mining in rivers in national forests violated the Endangered Species Act. The 7-to-4 decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, came in a lawsuit filed in 2004 by the Karuk Tribe of …
The World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan’s (WWF-P’s) Building Capacity on Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas of Pakistan or CCAP project (see www.wwfpak.org) envisages establishing climate resilient ecosystems that sustain Pakistani coastal communities’ livelihoods by 2025. To fulfill this objective, a 5-year action programme (2011-2015) initially focuses on …
Bluefin tuna contaminated with radiation believed to be from Fukushima Daiichi turned up off the coast of California just five months after the Japanese nuclear plant suffered meltdown last March, US scientists said. Tiny amounts of caesium-137 and caesium-134 were detected in 15 bluefin caught near San Diego in August …
The Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Assam has been publishing this annual report “Economic Survey, Assam” regularly with a view to focus the trends of performance based development of the State economy. In the current issues the report endeavor has been made to depict and analyze the latest economic situation …
Climate change has been attracting growing attention for its immediate and potential impacts upon the environment and human populations. Marine and coastal ecosystems are considered to be extremely vulnerable to climate-change processes such as ocean warming and sea-level rise, which have a direct impact upon the lives and livelihoods of …
MIRZA, May 27 – In a significant development which may be a serious environmental concern, a huge Gangetic river dolphin was killed in the river Brahmaputra recently (the decayed carcass was detected on May 16) by the poachers near Jahirpur area in Chhaygaon LAC in Kamrup district. The full grown …
The mystery surrounding the deaths of at least 877 dolphins in Peru deepened on Wednesday as the government said human activity was not to blame but failed to pinpoint a natural cause for the massive die-off. A final report from the Peruvian government's Ocean Institute, which manages one of the …
LUCKNOW: A small fry from the coastal belt of India could prove a potent weapon in the battle against the menace of Japanese encephalitis in eastern Uttar Pradesh. This small killer fish, Gambusia, is known for devouring mosquito larvae - 100 to 300 per day. So, the UP government has …
Plans are afoot to increase the production of inland fish in the State to three lakh tonnes a year. Presently, of the total 5.97 lakh tonnes of fish production in Tamil Nadu, inland fish production is only 1.72 lakh tonnes and marine fisheries is 4.25 lakh tonnes. To make available …
Sharks have a reputation of being apex predators of the sea. But even they have their weak points. Many shark populations have plummeted in the past three decades as a result of excessive harvesting — for their fins, as an incidental catch of fisheries targeting other species, and in recreational …
A Peruvian minister has denied claims that explosions used in oil exploration are to blame for the deaths of hundreds of dolphins. Fisheries Minister Gladys Triveno said a government investigation showed that natural causes were to blame. She contradicted a study by an environmental group which suggested that explosions had …
Overfishing and exploitation of marine biodiversity would result in the disappearance of fish species in the next 50 years, warned M.F. Farooqui, Special Secretary, Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, on Tuesday. Addressing a function organised in connection with the International Day for Biological Diversity, Mr. Farooqui said beyond the …
Clocking a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 11.48 per cent in 2004-05 and 2010-11, Karnataka has emerged as the leading coastal State with the highest growth in fish production, according to a research and analysis released by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). Goa, …
A huge swath of the waters off Antarctica must be protected from fishing and other industries, environmental groups said on Monday. More than 40% of the region needs to be given protection before one of the world's last true frontier areas is damaged irreparably by human activity, the Antarctic Ocean …
