Fisheries

Aquaculture mission in Meghalaya

SHILLONG: Taking cognizance of prospects of aquaculture for improvement of rural economy, the State Government today came up with a draft document on Aquaculture Mission. The draft document will elicit public views on aquaculture in the State.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2011
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Aquaculture, Economy, Fish, Fisheries
Fisheries

Urban sewage water recycling through aquaculture

Production of fish in any culture system depends to a great extent on water quality management.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
P. P. Chakraborti, P. K. Ghosh, P. K. Mukhopadhyay & et al
Everything About Water
36-39
Tags:
Wastewater Recycling, Aquaculture, Sewage, Kolkata, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Micro Organisms, India
Fisheries

Meghalaya state aquaculture mission: draft

Inspite of the immense potential for developing fisheries, the State has not made any major progress in the Fisheries sector, due to various constraints, fund allocation being one of them.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
Government of Meghalaya
Tags:
Aquaculture, Meghalaya, Fish, Fisheries, Reservoirs, Development, Fish Marketing
Fisheries

India implementing several safety measures for exporting shrimps

The US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has said that India is implementing several of FDA's recommendations that were intended to “better assure the safety of shrimp being exported to the Unite

Publication Date: 
04/08/2011
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, United States Of America (US), Fisheries, Water Resources, Aquaculture, Europe, Food Safety
Environment

An ecosystem services approach to water and food security

Recognising healthy ecosystems as the basis for sustainable water resources and stable food security can help produce more food from each unit of agricultural land, improve resilience to climate change and provide economic benefits for poor communities, according to a new report from the UNEP and the IWMI, in partnership with 19 other organizati

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
UNEP
Tags:
Ecosystem Services, Water Resources, Food Security, Agriculture, Aquaculture, Livestock, Water Management, Wetlands, India, Global, Crops, Fish, Climate Change
Environment

Ecosystems for water and food security

Against the current challenges to enhance food security worldwide, the publication aims at illustrating the importance of healthy ecosystems for the provisioning of key services that contribute to food security. Such ecosystem services are water provisioning and food production.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Sithara Atapattu, Jennie Barron, Prem Bindraban, & et al
UNEP
Tags:
Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, Food Security, India, Global, Water Resources, Water Management, Agroecosystem Planning, Agriculture, Wetlands, Dryland Farming, Agroforestry, Livestock, Aquaculture
Fisheries

Norwegians Concede a Role in Chilean Salmon Virus

A virus that has killed millions of salmon in Chile and ravaged the fish farming industry there was probably brought over from Norway, a major salmon producer has acknowledged.

Publication Date: 
27/07/2011
Alexei Barrionuevo
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Chile, Fisheries, Norway, Aquaculture, Brazil
Fisheries

Fisheries and aquaculture in India: An appraisal of their multiple dimensions

Traditionally, India was recognized as a fish-eating country, but it was only after Independence that fishery has been recognized as an important allied sector of Indian agriculture. Over ten-fold increase in fish production-from 0.75 million tonnes in 1950-51 to 8.0 million tonnes in 2009-10 amply justifies vibrancy of this sector that has been exhibited in the country during the last six decades.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2011
S. Ayyappan, Joykrushna Jena
Think India
14
3
116-148
Tags:
Aquaculture, Fisheries, India, Marine Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, Estuarine Fisheries
Climate Change

Add coastal vegetation to the climate critical list

Forests are protected, but carbon sinks in mangroves, seagrasses and marshes are ignored. Margareth da Silva Copertino wants Brazil to change that.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2011
Margareth da Silva Copertino
Nature
473
7347
255
Tags:
Forests, Mangroves, Carbon Sinks, Brazil, Tropical Forests, Amazon, Ecosystems, Climate Change, REDD, Protected Area Conservation, Marine Pollution, Aquaculture
Biodiversity

UNDP sanctions mangrove conservation project in Godavari estuary in Andhra

One more biodiversity project at Sindhudurg in Malvan, Maharastra
RAMANATHAPURAM: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has sanctioned a community-based natural resource management and mangrove conservation project in Godavari estuary, Andhra Pradesh, similar to the Gulf of Mannar Marine Conservation Project in Tamil Nadu.

Speaking to The Hindu, Doley Tshering, Regional Technical Spe

Publication Date: 
09/05/2011
C. Jaishankar
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Sindhudurg, Andhra Pradesh, Mangroves, Biodiversity Conservation, East Godavari, UNDP, Ecosystems, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Aquaculture, Agriculture

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