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January 13, 2021
| Source: CMFRI
Scientists at ICAR-CMFRI often encounter questions on the changes in resource abundance and distribution in the coastal waters due to climate change. But, there is lack of coherent studies in northern Indian Ocean to scientifically quantify and predict th...
January 13, 2021
| Source: FAO
This document summarizes achievements of FAO to support sustainable marine and inland small-scale and artisanal fisheries governance and development. It reports on progress under the FAO Umbrella Programme for the Promotion and Application of the Voluntar...
by Gurvinder Singh
January 12, 2021
| Source: The Fish Site
Bibhuti Bhusan Mohanty had been working in Dubai for the past two years. The 25-year-old engineer had planned to settle abroad before the lockdown forced him to change his plans. Mohanty returned to his village in Nimigan, in Odisha’s Ganjam district, i...
by Huma Siddiqui
January 12, 2021
| Source: The Financial Express
For the maritime security and Coastal Defence, the DAC has already given approval for the induction of Next-Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Batteries (Long Range) or, NGMMCB. Two day Ex-Sea Vigil will be conducted along the entire 7516 km coastline and...
by Samreen Mehak
January 12, 2021
| Source: The Daily Star
Aquaculture, or the farming of aquatic life such as molluscs, crustaceans and fish under controlled conditions, is a direct antithesis of commercial fishing which is often exploitative and destructive to natural ecosystems. By analysing the aquaculture in...
January 12, 2021
| Source: Daiji World
State fisheries, ports and inland water transport minister Kota Srinivas Poojary, said that it has been decided to use engines made in India for powering the fishing boats in place of the current Chinese ones in order to fall in line with Prime Minister N...
January 12, 2021
| Source: WSI
WSI, the International Organisation for Women in the Seafood Industry, has announced its awards for the year 2020 for films that describe the struggles, discriminations and opportunities that women face in the seafood industry around the world. Marie C...
by Krishnendu Mukherjee
January 12, 2021
| Source: The Times of India
In a five-year high, 24 lives were lost in man-animal conflict in the Indian Sunderbans in Covid year, the last reported on the last day of 2020, as economic distress pushed people deeper into tiger territory. At least 18 of the 24 deaths — mostly after...
by RIA KASLIWAL
January 12, 2021
| Source: ORF
India and Australia, two of the largest powers among the littoral states of the Indian Ocean, play important geopolitical roles in the security and stability of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). While their interest in the region has been skewed in the past,...
January 12, 2021
| Source: The Hindu
Two boat associations are at loggerheads over space to berth their craft in the Kasimedu fishing harbour. A group of around 50 mechanised boats that are occupying the low-level wharf meant for smaller fibre boats is causing the problem. “They are ref...