Fish-kill on a massive scale is going on in the river Cauvery, particularly near the boundary between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Besides using huge nets, the poachers are "dynamiting" the river for a

The WTO ruled yesterday that sea turtles endangered by shrimp fishers cannot be used as an excuse for trade discrimination.A WTO dispute panel in Geneva said the United States had no right to ban

In a decision that could undercut the use of trade sanctions to promote global environmental goals, the World Trade Organisation ruled that the United States was wrong to prohibit shrimp imports from

As the date for the termination of JICA assisted Natural Water Fisheries Development Project (NWFDA) nears, Japanese and Nepali experts working in over one billion yen project fear whether the Nepali

government officials in the us have announced that wild Pacific salmon

Japan and South Korea have agreed on a new bilateral fishing treaty, starting with working level talks. Discussions broke down in January after Japan unilaterally withdrew from the previous agreement

The dip in the global catch of shrimp from the sea has been more or less compensated by a surge in production from aquaculture ponds and farms. However recurrent disease problems during 1996 and 1997

The National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR) , Lucknow, and Assam (Bhorelli) Anglers Association is going to organize an awareness campaign to save threatened fishes in the surroundings of

In late February the National Fisheries Service of United States said that several species of salmon that live in Washington state may be about to be listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA),

In a major victory for India and several other complainants, the WTO early this month, ruled that a US embargo on imports of shrimps from India on environmental grounds was untenable. According to