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

Against the backdrop of several cases wherein the Indian fishermen cross international borders while sailing, an NGO named Work In India, along with Kinetic India, has launched a device called Mukhota, which is a mask enabled with GPS. The mask will allow...

The traditional fishermen of Balasore district find themselves in deep waters after the Government restricted entry of country boats into the sea besides mechanised vessels and trawlers to facilitate fish breeding process. The two-month restriction began ...

Four fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were detained by Iranian authorities since February 6 after they reportedly crossed the border in international waters while fishing for a firm in Dubai, returned to Chennai on Sunday. The 4 fishermen from Kadiapattinam...

The fish catch in Kerala has dropped by 16 per cent, according to the study conducted by Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi. The study found that the fish landings in Kerala dropped to 4.82 lakh tonnes in 2015 against 5.76 lakh ton...

The state government, which claims to have been promoting fishing activities in the state, seems to be ignoring the most important aspect relating to safety of the fishing trawlers and its crewmembers. The fisheries department has no norms to make it mand...

Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) has slammed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for proposing to amend the CRZ laws concerning shacks. “We wonder what logic was applied by the Central government while inserting this ghastly clause in the ...

In an order that will send shock waves through Maharashtra politics, the Bombay High Court on Friday directed the demolition of the controversial Adarsh Society in the plush Cuffe Parade area of Mumbai. While giving the direction, the high court upheld an...

Nagendra Mahato, a fish farmer in Ranchi district's Rahe block, is worried as ponds are drying up owing to the long dry spell. Mahato rears fish in a pond spread over an acre and his annual turnover is around Rs 1 lakh. But this time, Mahato is worried th...

The Norwegian government has taken actions to give more Investment opportunities to Sri Lanka in their fish market with the lifting of the ban imposed by the European Union on exports of Sri Lankan fish and fishery products, the Finance Ministry said. Fol...

The European Union (EU) is planning to learn some of the lessons from India on the control and management of migration even as it grapples with severe migration and refugee crisis. "We are trying to tap into some of the migration problems India had faced ...