The country should be able to achieve a production level of at least two million tonnes from fish farming alone by the year 2025. This would be close to 3.9 per cent of the projected world

When millions of farmed fish began dying in Hong Kong earlier this month, the immediate response was to blame the government. Red tide, a mass blooming of toxic algae, had been spotted weeks before

Twelve Spanish fishing companies and some of their employees were ordered to pay record fines and costs of more than $1.67m for heavy over-fishing in British waters. The companies and their trawler

The National Fish Workers Forum has undertaken a massive exercise to prepare a data base on violations of the coastal regulatory zone notification. A series of workshops are to be held in the country

Dr. Vandana Shiva, Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi, writes:" The National Action Committee Against Coastal Industrial Aquaculture (NACACIA) condemns the

The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) will launch an agitation in the coastal States to press for the withdrawal of the Aquaculture Authority Bill and other notifications that seek to dilute the

Some 130 people were killed between 1992 and 1997 while using explosives and toxic substances to help fishing in Vietnam, a report. Blasting and poisoning the seas also caused huge damage to marine

The seafood exporters association of India has demanded the Central Government to pass the Aquaculture bill. A delegation of the association led by its president Mr. A. J. Tharakan, which met the

A pod of sperm whales straned themselves on a beach in western Tasmania state on Thursday - the second to do so this month. Parks and wildlife service biologist Hans Wapstra said about 30 whales had

Greenpeace has appealed to President Yelstin not to allow Russia to return to commercial whaling. Earlier this week, Japanese media reported that Japan and Russia had agreed to set up agreement