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

Four persons suffered burns after the boat, in which they were preparing to venture into sea for fishing, caught fire reportedly owing to short circuit while switching on the engine, at Kakinada fishing harbour in East Godavari district on Friday. The inj...

Speakers at a fishermen’s convention on Thursday demanded of the government to provide basic necessities to the fishing community, allow free access to fishing without any harassment, and impose a ban on deep-sea trawlers. The Pakistan Bonafide Fisherme...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh has attained self-sufficiency in fish boosting up the production by over 50 percent in last 11 years following the effective and time befitting measures of her government. “New technologies of fish ...

Anyone who studied Bengali literature at some point in their life must know about "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam", the magnum opus of the writer Adwaita Mallabarman who drew a poignant picture of the uncertain life of fishermen. Rivers and fish have always been ...

India on Thursday lodged a strong protest with Sri Lanka over the death of three fishermen from Tamil Nadu in a collision between their vessel and a Lankan naval craft, saying Colombo should take steps to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. Four fis...

CHIEF MINISTER Vijay Rupani laid the foundation stone of a modern fishing harbour at Nava Bandar near Una in Gir Somnath district on Wednesday and said the fisheries production in the state had touched 8.58 lakh metric tonnes due to the friendly policies ...

Department of fisheries has warmed up to a demand from local fishermen to hand over maintenance of the slipway at Malpe fisheries harbour to them. The issue has been hanging fire since April 2016 when the slipway sustained damages while a 45-tonne motorbo...

The committee of experts constituted to study the problems dogging ornamental fisheries in the State has suggested, among other things, promoting indigenous varieties for export, establishing an aquatic quarantine centre, easing the process of brood stock...

Two days after an Indian fishing boat sank in Sri Lankan waters following a collision with a Navy vessel of the island nation, bodies of two fishermen were recovered on Wednesday, a Tamil Nadu Fisheries official said, quoting information recieved. Sri Lan...

As many as 4,000 fishermen, engaged in ‘kambavala’ and ‘thattamadi’ fishing in the coastal areas of Thiruvananthapuram, have been in arms against the offshore breakwater project which they claim would adversely affect their fishing activities. Th...