PANJIM: Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar on Sunday said that the ministry aims to cover over 14 lakh fishermen, who would be able to get the prediction of weather forecast via short messaging service (SMS) and voice mail facility, in next five years.
Addressing media persons, Kumar said ministry through Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has introduced a servic

The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is going to set up boundary wall around the Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant to stop illegal fish farming in the toxic lagoons, senior officials said.

Like almost every year, the authorities also carried out a drive this year in May to kill the fishes reared illegally in 16 lagoons of the sewage treatment plant by locally influential people, they added.

Bera, a remote village in Naxalite-hit Bundu block, about 50km from Ranchi district, got enough food for thought to come out of the rebel shadow and taste self-sufficiency, thanks to the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations.

The village

The quality of river water is an area of concern in Uttar Pradesh, if the State of Environment report, 2010 is to be believed. The report, released on Sunday by directorate of environment, UP, reveals that between 2004 and 2008, water quality indicators in many cases are negative.

The Fisheries sector in Assam is showing gradual improvement in the last few years, but some serious drawbacks have stymied further growth limiting the prospects of nearly 2,80,000 fish farmers of the State.

With a new government in place, and a new Minister in charge, fish farmers and officials believe that rapid strides can be made if the existing weaknesses are identified and removed in a pl

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Europe's fisheries chief sought on Wednesday to clamp down on overfishing by preventing fishermen from taking advantage of poor data on dwindling stocks.

Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki proposed tightening fishing limits for stocks where fishermen have not given scientists data needed to decide annual catch limits.

"Sufficient scientific data is still missing for the majority of the st

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