KOCHI: Considered the most important effort at sustainable development of fish resources in the Arabian Sea, the one-and-a-half-month annual ban on fishing using trawl nets will take effect in Kerala's territorial waters on Tuesday midnight.

Roughly 4,000 boats will take the

Europe's fisheries chief sought on Wednesday to clamp down on overfishing by preventing fishermen from taking advantage of poor data on dwindling stocks.

Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki proposed tightening fishing limits for stocks where fishermen have not given scientists data needed to decide annual catch limits.

"Sufficient scientific data is still missing for the majority of the st

The Humane Society of the United States filed suit on Friday seeking to stop Oregon and Washington state from euthanizing sea lions caught feasting on endangered salmon in the Columbia River at the Bonneville Dam.

Last week, the National Marine Fisheries Service gave the two states permission to resume capturing and killing California sea lions deemed to be the most egregious offenders.

Only

New Delhi Seafood exports during the last financial year have crossed the $2.67-billion mark mainly due to rise in demand from the US, Marine Exports Product Development Authority (MPEDA), sources said.

Exports to US registered a remarkable growth of 104 % in dollar realisation and 47% in terms of volume, while the total exports increased by 10.96 % in volume, 20.42 % in value (rupee ) and 25.5