The world's commercial fisheries, pressured by overfishing and threatened with possible collapse by mid-century, could be rebuilt with careful management, researchers reported on Thursday.

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.

Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration will construct more mini dams in rural areas of the federal capital to development agriculture and facilitate farmers, said Islamabad Chief Commissioner Fazeel Asghar on Tuesday.

As a result of the Punjab Fisheries Department

Three U.S. scientists are concern about the potential of people contracting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- the human form of "mad cow disease" -- from eating farmed fish who are fed byproducts rendered from cows.

Regulations needed for dealing with such developments

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has been operating a special loan programme for extensive fish cultivation to create employment opportunities along with fulfilling protein deficiency in the country's northwestern region.

Officials sources told BSS that the specialised commercial bank has been running the credit programme on "RAKUB fisheries village" to alleviate poverty and create jobs.

President Asif Zardari has directed the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) to build a large sewerage dam, where industrial waste would also be collected and filtered, after which the water obtained would be used for parks and trees in the city as part of the Green City plan, Sindh Minister for Fisheries Zahid Ali Bhurgari told Daily Times.

Ravinder Sood
Golden Mahseer, which was categorised as an endangered species by the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow, in 1992, has been fast disappearing from the state.