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

On December 18, the Union Ministry of Power issued a seemingly anodyne memo that set the rules for the flow of electricity across South Asian borders. Evaluated against the turbulent politics around the issue, the new guidelines are a startling departure ...

The government’s efforts to convince Saudi Arabia to resume buying rohu fish appears to be paying off as the Middle Eastern country has agreed to send a delegate from its Food and Drug Authority to check on cold storage facilities and fish farms in Myan...

The number of factories in Myanmar allowed by the European Union to export naturally caught fish and prawns has increased from 21 to 23, according to the Fisheries Department. Since 2010, 21 local factories have been allowed to export wild-caught fish to ...

Oceans play a crucial role in balancing the global ecosystem. Hence, sustenance of a healthy marine environment is of vital necessity for several reasons. At the outset of expansive trade policies in the international arena, freight of goods via sea route...

Nearly 150 valuation studies have been undertaken starting from 1980s to 2017. Of these studies, 34 cover wetlands, 68 cover forests, 19 coastal, marine and mangrove ecosystems and 25 other ecosystems. Included in the 150 studies are the studies conducte...

In yet another attempt aimed at benefiting the corporates, the government has approved an overhaul of the Coastal Zone Regulation (CRZ) rules. The protection and development of the coast was till now governed by the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification (2...

The Centre has approved new norms to regulate development activities in coastal zones along India’s over 7,500 km of coastline, streamlining Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance procedures and allowing development activities in coastal rural areas an...

The office of the Fisheries Department in North 24 Parganas district has taken up a major scheme of releasing fish hatchlings. This would help the hundreds of fishermen who earn their livelihoods by fishing on the River Hooghly. As part of this scheme, i...

Housing minister Jayesh Salgaonkar and deputy speaker Michael Lobo, accompanied by about 25 traditional fishermen, met fisheries minister Vinod Palyekar to discuss about issues related to illegal fishing practices at the secretariat in Porvorim on Thursda...

Notwithstanding events such as last year’s floods in Kerala, which were at least partly due to the mismanagement of reservoirs, and the anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi in which thousands came out in the streets to demand the shutting of a copper sm...