The northern region of Bangladesh which was considered once as the fish depot of the country now is known as the fishless zone due to several causes. Officials say that at least 650 beels and ponds

The prawn merchants in Orissa have received a shot in the arm with the state government failing to keep its promise to bring a bill banning prawn culture inside Chilka lake during the budget session

As more and more fishing fleets employ incresingly sophisticated technologies to locate fewer and fewer fish in the oceans, policymakers in California are contemplating a radical solution that only a

The European Union must slash subsidies to its fishing industry to halt the inexorable growth in fleet capacity and the continuing decline in vital fish stocks, a leading

Benefits from the two-month fishing ban in the South China Sea could be lost if there was no long-term conservation plan, ecologists said yesterday. While fishermen

Shree Akhil Gujarat Machhimar Mahamandal, Veraval, has submitted a memorandum to chief minister Keshubhai Patel demanding measures to revive the dying fishing industry. Around 50 per cent of the

With the depleting fish stocks in some of the most fertile fishing grounds of the world, fishery forecasting is one of the thrust areas identified by the Central Marine Fisheries Research

Australia on Wednesday announced a crackdown on illegal foreign fishing in its waters, citing concerns that some valuable species were under too much

The US and six other fishing nations, which together account for a quarter of the world's catch of marine fish, have called for the elimination of harmful fishing subsidies to be pt on the agenda of

After two months, an effective fishing moratorium, the first ever fishing ban implemented in the South China Sea, will come to an end at midnight today, a senior fishery official said yesterday. "The