The Documentation Centre of ICSF was initiated in 1999, in Chennai, India.

Minister of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, Zaha Waheed has said that efforts are underway to establish 13 ice plants across the nation to ease difficulties faced by fishermen in acquiring ice in which to store fish. Minister Zaha made the re...

The Balochistan Fisheries Department has directed the fishermen in Gwadar and Pasni to refrain from venturing into the deep sea till Monday (tomorrow) due to an expected hurricane. The department in a statement on Saturday said that typhoons have been rep...

Though bestowed with more than 8,000 km coastline enriched with seaweeds (macro algae) which has huge potential as a sustainable food source and provide livelihood to coastal communities hit by climate change vagaries, India’s share in global production...

As many as 2,800 fishermen dependent on the Pong wetland are a harried lot after fishing was banned in the lake as they have been left with no means of livelihood. The fishermen, who are members of 16 fisheries cooperative societies, held a protest at Gug...

Nagaon fishery department has taken up 22 major fishery schemes in different parts of the district to increase the region's fish production. A high-level fishery department source said that the proposed schemes include construction of huge fisheries, upgr...

A marine ambulance, the long awaited emergency service to reach out to fishermen in case of an accident, is going to be a reality in Kozhikode coast. The customised boat made at Cochin Shipyard will reach the Beypore Port on January 29. According to Fishe...

Bodies of the four Tamil Nadu fishermen, who died after their boat was sunk allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy on Monday, were handed over to the Indian Coast Guard near the international maritime boundary line on Saturday morning. A group of fishermen received...

“Prosecute the killers and find a permanent solution” was the common refrain among fishermen in Nagapattinam after an alleged attack by Sri Lankan Navy personnel left four fishers dead. In the wee hours of Monday, four Ramanathapuram fishermen were ki...

A lot of the waste let out into the city’s lakes and water bodies returns to residents’ plates in the form of heavy metals in seafood, a study has found. The study conducted in fish landing areas at Ennore, Royapuram (Kasimedu) fishing harbour and Pa...

Fishermen of Kasimedu have urged the Central government to take steps to hand over the control of the fishing harbour to the State Fisheries Department. Presently, the control is with the Chennai Port. The fishermen on Friday presented a petition containi...