Once found in plenty in the clear river waters of Western Ghats in Karnataka, ''Haragi Meenu,'' a fish species with the potential to control aquatic weeds has been successfully bred at the city based Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) after five years of trials.

Sudha Nambudiri

KOCHI: The recent findings by the team from School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), is an indication that there should be strict monitoring of exotic fishes being introduced in paddy fields as they gradually find their way into the natural systems.

A fisherman showing an African Mushi caught from the Periyar where the species is beginning to threaten the biodiversity of the river.

KOCHI: The Periyar lake has been heavily invaded by African Mushi (clarias gariepinus) making it almost certain that the endangered local fishes in the water body would become extinct in the near future.

G. Anand

Thiruvananthapuram: The Forest Department is seeking the help of religious leaders to conserve endangered turtles, dolphins, whale sharks and corals along the State

Scientists breed the cobia fish in cages

Tuticorin: The scientists of FCRI recorded (identified) the breeder cobia fish on the Tuticorin coast.

Technology to collect, store, organise and analyse information is key to protecting India's biodiversity, according to the scientists and educationists who addressed a workshop on "Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Marine Biodiversity' at Loyola College here on Tuesday. "Marine biodiversity informatics can play a vital role in developing databases and designing computer software to manage and organise marine biodiversity data and information,' said National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) Chairman S. Kannaiyan. He rued the lack of a data management culture among most marine biologists, which resulted in data being lost and scattered among various scientists and institutions, and in various forms