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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the cyclonic storm Burevi has weakened into a deep depression is inching closer to the Tamil Nadu and Kerala coast on 4 December. Deep depression is a stage of cyclone formation or de-intensification...

Minister for Fisheries and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Kota Srinivas Poojary on Wednesday said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has announced ?6 lakh compensation each to the families of six victims of the Mangaluru fishing vessel tragedy of Monday...

Authorities found the bodies of three more fishermen of the group of six who had gone missing a day after their boat capsized off the Mangaluru coast. The search operations continued on Wednesday. The bodies of Chinthan (21) from Bokkapattna Bengre, Moham...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched 15 online services of the Department of Fisheries and Livestock Development through video conferencing. In addition, in the presence of the Chief Minister, MoUs were signed with various entrepreneu...

District Collector C Narayana Reddy urged women fisheries co-operative societies to avail the revolving fund provided by the government through the Integrated Fisheries Development Scheme (IFDS). On Thursday, in a programme held at Nizamabad Collectorate,...

Two Sri Lankan fishing vessels which were stranded at sea near the Maldives today were assisted by the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF). The MNDF Northern Area squadron stated that it had assisted the two fishing vessels which were caught in the bad...

Poor fishermen and inhabitants of some small villages near the nationally acclaimed vast Ratargul Swamp forest have started getting benefits of an initiative taken up under a research programme by the Aquatic Resource Management department of the Sylhet A...

India has submitted a new proposal at the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) on-going negotiations on prohibiting harmful fisheries subsidies suggesting that the role of the dispute settlement panel in the matters of fisheries management of coastal states...

Goa Government has announced to develop brand for local products to make state ‘Self-Sufficient' in agriculture and allied sector. Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa on Wednesday announced the roadmap to make Self-sufficient Agriculture sector in t...

Adverse weather conditions and incessant cyclone threats continue to disrupt the daily lives of fisherfolk in the district. While the ban on fishing activities ahead of Cyclone Burevi has left them in the lurch, a plethora of worries -- ranging from drink...