Indian crews successfully contained a huge oil spill near the Great Nicobar island. Now, the ministry of environment and forests must assess the damage to the island chain's ecology.

The entry of large business houses into the Sundarbans is not only jeopardising the interests of local fisherfolk, but also causing major ecological damage.

What is your assessment of CG's handling of the spill? I visited the area a few days after the spill along with the environment secretary, the assistant inspector general of wildlife and the NIO

The earnings generated between prawn farming and prawn export show an 80 fold jump.

Chemical dispersants should be used cautiously as they can harm marine life.

Attacks on prawn collectors by kamot, a small species of shark, are normally fatal.

The largest ever spill almost went unnoticed in the Western media.