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

Members of Akhil Maharashtra Machhimar Kruti Samiti met MoS Arjun Khotkar twice, threaten protests. After farmers, the state's fishermen are demanding for loan waiver and financial assistance to the tune of around Rs 228 crore. Akhil Maharashtra Machhimar...

Khar Danda resident, Hema Chamur's family has been in the business of fishing for as long as she can remember. While the men in the family would head out to sea at the crack of dawn, the women were designated with the task of selling the catch. "When my g...

In yet another breakthrough DMF has linked up with fish workers in the district of Murshidabad in West Bengal. Murshidabad has been a district with a large number of fishers, fish farmers and fish vendors. On June 18th 2017 a team comprising of DMF Assist...

India has urged the United Nations to end poverty in all forms everywhere, ensure food security, achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Submitting the Voluntary National Review report on implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (...

Climate change has started taking its toll in Bangladesh as sizes of fish are becoming smaller as sea and river waters are getting warmer day by day, according to experts. They said in Dhaka, in addition, discharge of untreated industrial effluents, risin...

Inndawgyi Lake is the second UNESCO biosphere reserve named in Myanmar after Inle Lake. Inndawgyi has also been designated a UNESCO Ramsar Site. Inndawgyi Lake, which at about 12,000 ha wide is the third largest lake in Southeast Asia, is a wetland surrou...

With the ban on fishing underway in Goa, the shortage of fish is being countered by the freshest catch coming from across the state’s borders. Café finds that the abundant supply of seafood coming from Andhra, Orissa and other states along the east coa...

The first voyage catch post the 62-day ban period has pepped up the spirit of the fishermen in Visakhapatnam and its neighbourhood — a major fish landing centre with an export turnover of Rs. 7,500 crore. Many who went for fishing on a short voyage of f...

As many as 10 houses were damaged as the district witnessed intermittent rainfall on Tuesday with property loss due to the inclement weather being reported from various parts. With the southwest monsoon intensifying, several houses in Chirayinkeezhu taluk...

Experts and environmentalists have criticised Bangladesh's environment agency for its decision to declare four dying rivers around Dhaka as ecologically critical areas (ECA). The department of environment (DoE), which can declare any area as ecologically ...