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

The state environment ministry will accept plans and recommendations from village panchayats and individuals with regards to the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) till Monday morning. Till date, 25 of the 191 panchayats in the state have submitted...

The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), an autonomous body under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), in collaboration with the Airport Authority of India (AAI), launched two marine information dissemination products on...

In a significant development, the State government got the preliminary clearance from Union Environment Ministry to build training walls and groynes near Pulicat bar mouth to keep it open throughout the year for the benefit of thousands of traditional fis...

Pamban Country Boat fishermen are set to go on a hunger strike on October 11 here urging the release of fishermen detained by both Sri Lanka and India. Association President of Pamban Country Boat Fishermen , MS Arul told ANI, "Eighteen Sri Lankan fisherm...

The ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal and the Coldwater Fisheries Society of India had jointly organized a?National Symposium?on?“Coldwater Fisheries Development in India: Innovative approaches and way forward for enhancing hill ...

Chikalda disappeared last week. And with it, the houses of at least 1,366 families. As the water crept in, the village in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh emptied out in mid-September. What would you take with you with the water lapping at your waist? Chik...

Z in Mar was a housewife in the Burmese city of Bago when she saw an advertisement for a job at Thai Union Group, a global seafood supplier and the world’s biggest producer of tuna. The 44-year-old paid a local recruitment agency about 4,300 Thai baht (...

Rampant collection of seed prawns by locals on Sagar island in West Bengal’s Sundarbans delta has affected the fish population, a legislator admitted. Around 2,000-3,000 people, mostly women and children, eke out a living by catching baby prawns on the...

The World Trade Organization on Tuesday called for countries to speed up talks aimed at hammering out an agreement on banning harmful fisheries subsidies. "It is clear today that the harm done by many fisheries subsidies cannot continue," WTO chief Robert...

The government would spend Rs13.7 billion on three mega fisheries sector development projects in order to enhance fisheries production by exploiting the huge untapped potential of aquaculture in the coastal line and fresh waters of country. The government...