The State government on Monday told the High Court that it had cancelled all the sand mining leases in fishing territories and would not be giving out new licences.
The Court was hearing two separate petitions, in which the petitioners had contended that rampant sand mining in coastal areas was affecting the livelihood of fishermen and destroying the fragile biodiversity.

The State submitted t

PARADIP: Tension mounted at Sandhkuda area over eviction of 445 families from the slum area for construction of sea surge protection wall and laying of pipeline of oil refinery project of IOC.

In the review meeting held last week, State Chief Secretary Bijya Pattnaik directed the district administration to evict these families at the earliest to make way for laying of pipeline for oil refinery

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Work on a model fishing village scheme started with an outlay of Rs.200 crore in the current financial year will be completed within five years, Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has said.

In his budget speech in the Assembly on Thursday, Dr.

With an aim to boost to exports of ornamental fish in the country, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), has finalised the guidelines on green certification.

Allotment of gram sabha land to private persons illegal
Ponds, tanks which served communities for years encroached upon
Taking a serious view of illegal and unauthorised encroachments on government poromboke land, the Supreme Court has directed all the State governments to prepare schemes for eviction of such occupants of gram sabha/panchayat/poromboke/shamlat land and restore them to the gram s

The achievements of Madhya Pradesh Fisheries Federation will be valuated by the State Planning Commission. It was decided at the meeting of Board of Directors (BoD) at Mantralaya on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by the Fisheries Minister Ajay Vishnoi. Principal Secretary Fisheries Ajita Vajpayee was also present.

Thiruvananthapuram: The National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) and the Kerala Swatantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) have decided to launch a nation-wide agitation from February 25 in protest against some of the

The environments are expressing major concern over the decreasing level of oxygen in the Naukuchiyatal lake, due to which fishes of the lake are dying.

India continues to be among the top 10 producers of marine and inland capture fish, according to a FAO report on Monday.

India has seen 80.8% growth in inland capture fisheries produce between 2004 and 2008, to 9,53,106 tonne; and continues to be among the top 10 producers from marine and inland capture fisheries, with 4.3 million tonne produced in 2008; and the nation also features in the list