One-sixteenth of an inch. That's how much a new rule, taking effect this Summer, will increase the size of escape vents in Maine lobster pots. It was enough to coax more than 200 lobstermen to tie up

The European Union (EU) has again banned fish imports from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda on health grounds. The ban, effective on March 30 has come after reports that Uganda recently restricted the

Fearing that fishermen are poisoning fish to catch them more easily, Rwanda has banned the importation of any freshwater fish from Lake Victoria in Uganda. The cabinet's decision followed Uganda's

A national symposium on 'Sustainable Development of Fisheries Towards 2020 AD: Opportunities and Challenge', organised by th School of Industrial Fisheries of Cochin University of Science and

Disease has broken out again in the shrimp ponds of Krishna, Guntur, West Godavari, Prakasam, Nellore and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. Viral outbreak(white spot disease) has been

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has entered into a technology transfer agreement with Cofrepeche of France for farming of sea bass(Bekti fish), to be funded under the Indo-French

The steep decline in fish catches along coastal Karnataka in recent months has caused anxiety among the trawl boat fishermen community. While preferring to term the decline in catches as a fish

A couple of years ago, the whale shark was a good omen for the fishermen of Veraval. A sighting of the gigantic fish meant a good catch. Today, the whale shark which was once considered 'sacred'

Freshwater fish, a major source of food and protein, is increasingly threatened worldwide by enviornmental degradation, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). More than 7.7

Whale sharks are reported to be mercilessly killed for fin and liver on the coast of Gujarat, a World Wide Fund for Nature-India report says. "Though there are reports of accidental catches (like the