Fish Marketing

Order of the Gauhati High Court regarding the use of formaldehyd for keeping fish in marketable condition for long duration, Assam, 19/04/2024

Order of the Gauhati High Court in the matter of Hasibur Rahman Vs State of Assam & Others dated 19/04/2024.

The state of Assam vide Notification, January 20, 2024 has published a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for restricting import/stock/sale of fish imported from other than self sufficient states by road/river route using formaldehyde keeping the fish in marketable condition for long duration.

Judgement Date:

19/04/2024

Tags:

Fish, Food Adulteration, Health Effects, Assam, High Court, Fish Marketing

Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Patipukur fish market waste management, Kolkata, West Bengal, 13/04/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ankur Sharma Vs The State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/04/2023.

The matter related to dumping of waste from Patipukur fish market, Kolkata into nearby municipal vets and adjoining public roads. The waste included huge volumes of rotten fish, fish scales and heaps of damaged thermocol/polystyrene boxes.

Judgement Date:

13/04/2023

Tags:

Fish Marketing, Waste Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporations

Habitat And Urbanisation

Green Tribunal directs Municipal Corporation Howrah to file report on Howrah Wholesale Fish market, 06/9/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its Own Motion Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 06/09/2022.

The Green Tribunal directed Municipal Corporation Howrah to file report on Howrah Wholesale Fish market Howrah Municipal Corporation was directed by the NGT to file on record the action plan and guidelines framed by it to be followed by the Howrah Wholesale Fish market in the process of carrying on its operations in an environmentally clean atmosphere.

Judgement Date:

06/09/2022

Tags:

Howrah (T), Urban Habitat, Waste Disposal, Fish Marketing, West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

Fisheries

Gender-based market constraints to informal fish retailing: Evidence from analysis of variance and linear regression

Over the last decade, Egypt’s aquaculture sector has expanded rapidly, which has contributed substantially to per capita fish supply, and the growth of domestic fish markets and employment across the aquaculture value chain. Despite the growing importance of aquaculture sector in Egyptian labour force, only a few studies have explored the livelihoods of Egypt’s women and men fish retailers.

Publication Date:

07/04/2020

Author(s): Seamus Murphy, Diksha Arora, Froukje Kruijssen & et al

Source: PLoS ONE

pp:

1-16

Tags:

Fish Marketing, Egypt, Women, Employment

Fisheries

Technical and socio-economic characteristics of small-scale coastal fishing communities, and opportunities for poverty alleviation and empowerment

The document provides an overview of the situation that small-scale fishers in developing countries face in terms of: financial and economic performance of fishery enterprises; vulnerabilities and poverty; adaptations to a changing environment including, climate variability and change; and access to technology, infrastructure, financial services

Publication Date:

31/05/2016

Author(s): Uwe Tietze

Source: FAO

Tags:

Marine Fisheries, Poverty, Food Security, Fisheries, Ecosystems, Developing Countries, India, Fish, Fish Marketing, Environment, Climate Change, Fisherfolk

Fisheries

The state of world fisheries and aquaculture 2014

The fisheries and aquaculture sector – a vital source of livelihoods, nutritious food and economic opportunities – has a key role to play in meeting one of the world’s greatest challenges: feedi

Publication Date:

19/05/2014

Source: FAO

Tags:

Fisheries, Aquaculture, Fish, Fisherfolk, Inland Fisheries, India, Global, Marine Fisheries, Fish Marketing, Climate Change

Fisheries

Draft Odisha Fisheries Policy 2014

This draft fisheries policy released by Odisha government is aimed at bridging the gap between the demand and supply of fish for domestic consumption, encouraging public private partnership (PPP) investment in fisheries sector and tapping the untapped potential of aquaculture to ensure food and nutritional security. Read text of the policy.

Publication Date:

01/04/2014

Source: Government of Odisha

Tags:

Fisheries, Orissa (Odisha), Fish, Aquaculture, Marine Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, Fish Marketing, Environment

Fisheries

Jharkhand fisheries sector achieves breakthrough in fish production

The fisheries sector in Jharkhand has been witnessing a phenomenal growth after Jharkhand became a separate state bifurcating Bihar in 2000. When in 2001-02, the production of fish in the state had been only 14,000 metric tones. In 2010-11, eighty government fish firms produced 71,886 metric tones.

The fish seed production was increased from 32 crore to 67 crore, along with construction of 116 new fish seed hatcheries in private and government sector. The department of fisheries aims to produce fish of 1,40,000 tones during 12th plan.

Publication Date:

21/05/2012

Author(s): Tapan Chakravorti

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Fish, Fish Marketing, Agriculture, Water Resources, Fisheries, Jharkhand

Fisheries

Pact with Malaysian body to develop fresh water fish

The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has entered into an agreement with the Malaysia-based international body INFOFISH for the development and marketing of freshwater fish in In

Publication Date:

06/03/2012

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Malaysia, Fisheries, Fish Marketing, Technology Transfer, Exports

Fisheries