Seoul is pushing for a joint fishing operation with Pyongyang to maximize the synergy effect in the fishing sector, officials said yesterday. Officials at the National Federation of Fisheries

The production of fish in the East Calcutta wetlands has fallen sharply over the past two weeks because not enough sewer water is flowing into them. As a result, prices of major and minor Indian carp

US officials will consult the Congress in its dispute with India and four other Asian nations over the ban on shrimp imports, after its plea against a WTO ruling was overruled. "We will consult the

The Orissa High Court has directed the expert committee, which had examined the suitability of operation of trawlers from the new fishing harbour contructed in Mahanadhi river mouth near Paradip

The World Trade Organisation ruled in favour of the environment on Monday in a charged dispute between Washington and Asian shrimp fishers over a US law protecting endangered sea turtles. The WTO's

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is expected to decide at a meeting opening Oct.26 on a plan calling for a 20-30% reduction in the number of fishing boats that trawl for tuna in

A method to artifically breed captive Asian seabrass, an economically important fish, has been developed for the first time by researchers at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)

A dramatic increase in the horseshoe crab threatens not only the crabs themselves, but also migratory shorebirds who depend upon their eggs for survival, reports the US National Audobon

Traditional Indian coastal fishermen, fighting to prevent foreign trawlers from decimating fish stocks, have won support from eight other countries, their representative said on Friday. Xavier Pinto,

The Maharashtra government will publish a public notice within a fortnight advertising the terms and conditions of its contract with the Singapore-based firm, Alliance Technology and Development