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

Experts from the College of Fisheries want the government to focus on skill development and alternative livelihood for fishermen. The unusual occurrence of huge landings of triggerfish and change in the composition of fish population is likely to affect t...

Kerala Government has decided to take action against owners of fishing boats if they use Chinese-made satellite security device 'Automatic Identification System (AIS).' The AIS, an automated satellite tracking system that identifies other vessels in the v...

The death toll from Cyclone Bulbul rose to 12 in Bangladesh and five fishermen are still missing, government officials told Reuters on Monday. Most of the victims had refused to evacuate and died due to falling trees, said Enamur Rahman, Bangladesh’s ju...

A new IIED study has identified when and where spawning hilsa most require protection, and highlights the need for different management strategies to ensure the sustainability of this key food source. The hilsa is a critically important species for small-...

A large number of fisherwomen from the coastal Periyapattinam fishing village thronged the Collectorate here on Monday, alleging non-payment of relief given to them during the lean fishing period and seeking the intervention of Collector K. Veera Raghava ...

About 90 per cent Hilsa available in Khulna and Chandpur markets after a 22-day fishing embargo are full of eggs, triggering fears of poor production in the next season and prompting calls for extending the fishing ban, reports news agency UNB. It looks t...

The death toll from a cyclone that barrelled into the coasts of Bangladesh and India has risen to 24, authorities said, as the two nations assess the scale of devastation wreaked by the powerful storm. Bangladesh carried out one of its biggest-ever evacua...

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 10 persons who engaged in illegal fishing using banned nets, in the seas off Elizabeth island Trincomalee. Accordingly, these persons who engaged in illegal fishing using banned nets were apprehended during patrol carried out by...

The fisheries department has proposed providing 500 more satellite phones to fishermen as part of strengthening direct communication with the fishermen engaged in multi-day deep sea fishing. The proposal is under the consideration of the State Disaster Ma...

Besides effluents from industries which have been contaminating the ocean and soil for many decades, it is now untreated sewage being let into the sea at Kasimedu beach. When Express visited one such spot along Kasimedu rock beach near Cherian Nagar, sewa...