Kochi fishermen are having a hard time, with the demand for fresh-water fish going down. The reason is not far to seek - a large number of fish died in the Periyar river a fortnight

The battle between commercial and sport fishermen in Costa Rica has been long and, often, vicious. However, a recent proposal drafted by Guanacaste sports and commercial fishing interests, as well as

The 12th Indian Seafood Fair will be held in Kochi next year, between February 26 and 28, Marine Products Export development Authority (MPEDA) chairman K B Pillai said here

The Maharashtra government's move to construct a fifth-generation aquarium at the site where the famous Taraporevala aquarium is currently housed has attracted flak from activists and competitors

The Canadian government has announced a long-awaited $753 package to support east and west coast fisheries, but recipients said the aid measures were insufficient. The package would provide fishermen

The global crisis in marine fisheries is being masked by the taking of younger and lower quality fish, massive imports from developing countries to the industrialised world and a rapid growth in

The United Nations Development Programme will assist India with conservation and sustainable management of the coral reef ecosystem of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A grant of nearly Rs 1.4 crore

Europe's 13 major shrimp processing companies have formed a cartel and asked the European Commission (EC) to ban value-added shrimp imports from India and other Asian countries.

The country's first multi-species fish stock enhancement programme, combining the technologies of aquaculture, capture fisheries and environmental management is set for launch through a scientific

Greenpeace welcomes the historic decision to ban driftnets from European waters by the end of the year 2001. The ban will save the lives of countless dolphins, sharks, whales, turtles and other