Study : There is a growing threat of over-exploitation of marine resources along the Indian coastline. The inexorable growth in the fishing population, in the number of mechanised and traditional

Federal proposals to declare vast expanses of western US coast and rivers a safe haven for endangered salmon have cast industry, urban planners, power utilities, farmers and fishermen in the role of

The United States said on Monday that it will continue to import shrimps from 39 nations that meet a US law protecting sea turtles, a measures the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month said

Greenpeace released a report detailing the expansion of the capacity, or fishing power, of the world's industrial fishing fleet over the past few years. The report "Assessment of the World's Fishing

More than 5,000 fishermen's families living along the 27 km long coast from Kattumavadi to Enathi signed what they described as a 'Magna Carta' urging the State and Central Governments to strictly

The sex life of shrimps is vital to India's exports. After they mate and proliferate, millions of shrimps are packed into cans and sent abroad, earning India a large chunk of the Rs 4,000 crore it

Japan and South Korea are moving towards settlement of their fisheries dispute by autumn, when Kim Dae-Jung will pay his first visit to Japan as South Korean

The Ministry of Agriculture has resurrected the Aquaculture Authority Bill (AAB) which is to be taken up during the budget session of Parliament. The Bill comes after the Supreme Court's critical

The National Fishworkers' Forum has threatened to go on an indefinite agitation from May 27 to demand withdrawal of the Aquaculture Authority Bill, abandonment of the move to amend the Coastal

If plans go through, three islands off Goa will jointly bcome the site for India's fifth marine national park, with protected coral species. The arch formed by three islands close to the port-town of