It takes almost three pounds of wild fish to grow one pound of the commercially farmed delicacy, salmon. Similarly, shrimp farmings uses up more fish protein than it produces, and both degrade

The BJP Fishermen's Forum has alleged that fishermen in Karnataka, were suffering from "fish famine" due to excess fishing by foreign fishing vessels.In a statement issued here, forum convenor

Environmental organisations, responding to the worldwide crisis in the fishing industry, are looking for an international action plan to end the overfishing of endangered marine stocks. They were

A virus that has left more than 2500 kilometres of South Australia's coast littered with millions of rotting pilchards could reach Victorian waters in just over a week. The herpes-related virus that

The US may have to make some changes to its law to comply with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against its partial ban on shrimp exports from India, Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia. But

Environmentalists working for the peservation of the city's water-bodies have urged the minister of state for irrigation and waterways, Mr Ganesh Mondol, to regularise supply of sewer water to

The United States is likely to ask India and other Indian Ocean nations to enter into a comprehensive agreement to conserve sea turtles. This is despite a ruling by the World Trade organisation (WTO)

Scientists and environmentalists have long been concerned about dwindling commercial fish populations. About 30 per cent of fish stocks worldwide have been depleted below the point where they will be

WTO body upholds India's contention: The apellate body of the World Trade Organisation has upheld India's contention that the U.S. measure against import of certain shrimp and shrimp products

Indian scientists have developed a unique multi-crop sea botton farming technology for cultivating pearls, mussels, finfish and shellfish in shallow waters throughout the year. According to the