India

 Ad hoc move?

Orissa s new prawn culture plan might harm fisherfolk

Publication Date: 
29/09/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Aquaculture, Fisherfolk, Traditional Knowledge, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 A fish called <i>hilsa</i>

The population of Bangladesh’s national fish is rapidly dwindling in local rivers

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
Pinaki Roy
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Rivers, Fish, Aquaculture, Endangered Species, Exports, Bangladesh
Water Resources

Kolleru lake is vanishing a revelation through digital processing of IRS-1D LISS-III sensor data

Digital processing of the IRS-1D LISS-III image revealed a highly degraded state of the Kolleru lake.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2004
K. Nageswara Rao, G. Murali Krishna, B. Hema Malini
Current Science
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Tags:
Wetlands, Land Reclamation, Godavari Delta, Krishna Delta, Agriculture, Weeds, Water Resources, Lakes, Aquaculture, Remote Sensing, Andhra Pradesh
India

 Small farms can be profitable

Ramesh Chander Dagar, an organic farmer from Akbarpur Barota village, Sonipat, Haryana demonstrates how

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Farming, Vermiculture, Organic Foods, Aquaculture, Farmers, Biogas, Haryana, Sonipat (D)
India

 No dropping anchor

Mired in misery, Chilika s fisherfolk continue to doggedly fight for their rights

Publication Date: 
14/03/2004
Richard Mahapatra, Satyasundar Barik
Down to Earth
12
20040315
0
Tags:
Lakes, Chilka, Crustaceans, Aquaculture, Fisherfolk, Traditional Knowledge, Legislation, Supreme Court, Human Rights, Politics, Orissa (Odisha), Statistics
India

 Will China challenge world fish stocks?

Perhaps not!

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
Down to Earth
12
20030831
0
Tags:
Fish, Aquaculture, Fish Marketing, China, Statistics
Air Pollution

 Dubious diet

Beware of prawns, shrimps, herbs and spices. They could be irra

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Standards, Crustaceans, Aquaculture, Radiation, Research, United Kingdom (UK)
Water Pollution

 Eating into the seas

Squeezing life out of oceanic ecosystems, communities around the world leave the waters contaminated and dirty, unable to sustain the vast array of diversity which is stifled to extinction

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Down to Earth
11
20020715
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Tags:
Water Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Oceans and Seas, Aquaculture, Oil Exploration, Africa
Air Pollution

 Orphans of the river

Riverine fisherfolk, arguably the oldest among traders, are being sold down the river. An unholy synergy of poisoned rivers, government apathy and commercial interests has scripted the epitaph of the original stewards of the river. Ironically, their

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
10
20020215
0
Tags:
Ecology, River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Rivers, Aquaculture, Fish Poisoning, Chipko Movement, Endangered Species, Fisherfolk, Tribals, Traditional Knowledge, Governance, Bihar, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Fish Marketing
India

 AQUACULTURE CURB

The Andhra Pradesh high court has directed the state government not to permit shrimp culture, prawn culture or any type of aquaculture without the prior permission of the competent authority. As a

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Crustaceans, Aquaculture, Legislation, High Court, Andhra Pradesh

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