America's fisheries are not in good shape. By some accounts, more than two thirds of all commercially important fish populations are now classified as "fully fished" or "overexploited" which means

After a gap of more than 30 years, a rare fish species of silverbelly, Leiognathus smithursti, was discovered off the coast of the Indian coast. During their routine field operations, scientists of

The Alaskan fishing industry is suffering after a mysterious drop in the salmon harvest, and the incomes of some fisherman have collapsed. Half of the anticipated 1997 sockye salmon harvest failed to

Khepupara Fish Processing and Marketing Project has been facing a set back for want of fund, hampering research work for development of fisheries. The project had started with financial assistance

A substantial number of fish are found dead in the Yercaud lake, the most sought after tourist spot in Salem district, allegedly due to a mysterious disease. The dead fish are found to have a severe

Contrary to popular perception, shrimp farming is not eco-unfriendly, a three-man study by the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Cife) at Mumbai has found .The study has recommended that

President of Krushak Mahasangh and environmentalist Banka Behary Das has alleged that nearly 1,200 sea turtles have died since November last year due to intensive fishing in the prohibited marine

One of the world's largest fishing vessels, using nets wide enough to snare several jumbo jetliners, is threatening to destroy marine ecosystmes, of the Pacific, warned environmentalists.

Fishing in the Chilka lake on the coast has come to a halt with fishermen stopping work since Friday demanding formulation of a long term fishing policy for the

Some 25 lakh hectares of water bodies would be brought under integrated fish cultivation under 18 projects of Water Development Board where participation of people would be