Sinking deltas have not got much attention

River deltas, which have been the seat of most great civilisations in the world, are fast disappearing, says James Syvitski, chairperson of …

Salmon and a lousy louse

Fish farms harbour parasites, threaten wild fish varieties

Aquaculture comes under scrutiny

Pruning prawn farmers' ambitions

The fisheries department sets new rules for acquafarmers to avoid the recurrence of a viral devastation

A WATERY BURIAL

'India is close to aquaculture disaster'

JOHN KURIEN, a faculty member at Thiruvananthapuram's Centre For Development Studies, which devotes itself to developing linkages between …

Blue revolution goes awry

Angling for profit

Fish farming offers bright commercial prospects for small scale farmers and a worthy pastime for amateurs. Here are a few tips for beginners, …

Alternative farming

Fishing cooperative 'dies' of too much prosperity

So successful was the Siandi experiment in cooperative fishing and prawn culture, vested interests just would not allow it to continue

FAO report shows how climate change is impacting small fishers

Outlook for fisheries and aquaculture better than for other food sectors, but UN agency calls for adaptation and mitigation to secure future food …

Creating unemployment

BRIEF RESPITE

Moneymakers

In Focus

Cultivating a turn-around

Depredations of a virus, public outcry and strictures of the Supreme Court combine to make the aquaculture industry sit up and take note of its …

Shell life

Himachal farmers discover pearls in their backyard ponds

In a ‘first’, Australian scientists grow marine worms in wastewater

Farmers use marine worms to feed prawns. Till now, growing them has been a difficult and expensive task

Fisheries: an answer to food security and nutrition

For several countries fish exports are essential to national economies, FAO experts say

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Contrary to perception, a vast majority of farmed fish is consumed in the same developing countries where it is produced, and is widely …

Sustainable aquaculture is possible, with the right science

Scientific input will be crucial if the expansion of aquaculture is to be managed in a sustainable way

ISRAEL

Defence tactics

Fishy project

A court order staying the culturing of exotic predatoryfish in the Andaman 6 Nicobar waters sets a unique precedent

New aquaculture project