Fisheries

 South Africa bans wild abalone fishing

The South African government has announced a ban on commercial fishing of wild abalone from February 1. The move comes just a few days after the ministry of environmental affairs published

Publication Date: 
28/02/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Trade, Endangered Species, South Africa
India

 Thermal Power projects threaten Ratnagiri's Alphonso mangoes

It could be a bitter end to a sweet, juicy story. Maharashtra is planning mega power plants in Ratnagiri district, a horticulture zone known for its finest Alphonso mangoes, which are exported to

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Marine Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Horticulture, Ports, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Marine Fisheries, Mango, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Ratnagiri (D), Fly Ash
Industry

 In court

Settlement with Naveda

Publication Date: 
14/07/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Islands, Slaughter House, Slaughter Waste, Food Process Industry, Marine Fisheries, Urban Air Quality, Power Industry, Taiwan, France, United States Of America (US), Australia
Agriculture

 Protest against Haripur nuclear plant in West Bengal

To reach Hairpur, a remote fishing village along the West Bengal coast, one has to get off the main road and walk 2.5 km over a broad mud dyke. Access to this path is blocked by a log barrier.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Pollution, Agriculture, Bay Of Bengal, Marine Fisheries, Nuclear Power, Displacement, Conflicts, Nuclear Proliferation, India, West Bengal, Medinipur (D)
Environment

 SOUTH ASIA

Environmental court: Pakistan's Sindh High Court has recently directed the ministry of environment to establish environment tribunals, as required by the Pakistan Environment Protection Act, 1997,

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
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Environment, Marine Fisheries, Trade, Finance, Imports, NGO, Pakistan, Netherlands, India, Poultry
Fisheries

 Marine fisheries growing as energy intensive centres

Marine fisheries have become very energy intensive

Publication Date: 
14/07/2006
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Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Fossil Fuels, Statistics
Wildlife

 South Africa

Divers recently filmed a coelacanth fish in St Lucia marine protected area of South Africa. Coelacanths were thought to be extinct for a long time but six of them were spotted in St Lucia last year

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Fisheries, Wildlife, South Africa, St Lucia
Industry

 Devil in deep sea waters

Industrial fishing is fast gobbling up the world's marine resources. Worldwide concern for this humanmade catastrophe has forced nations to draw up a Code of Conduct for Responsible and Sustainable Fishing. But will this non mandatory treaty hold out agai

Publication Date: 
14/02/1996
Jean-pierre Chanteau
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Fish, Marine Fisheries, Industry, France
Industry

 Treaty for sharks, et al

Alarmed by the sharp depletion of fish stocks, 7 environmental groups, led by the Natural Resources Defense Council of the USA, recently launched a campaign to save the world's large pelagic (open

Publication Date: 
30/08/1995
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Marine Fisheries, Governance And Institutions, United States Of America (US)

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