Fishing in troubled waters

Gastronomic setback

Flashpoints

For several years, governments of coastal states have been trying to persuade the Centre to relax the crz rules. Here is how some major '…

A matter of choice

Consumer guide to prawns

Here's an interesting way to combat environmental and human rights impacts: don't annoy the consumers (who have no idea about the conditions in …

Ban on mullet sale

Will China challenge world fish stocks?

Perhaps not!

Sailing against the tides

India’s first and only licensed fisher-woman, Rekha Karthikeyan, has achieved this feat after challenging many social norms and beliefs

Fisherfolk banned from Jambudwip island

No fishing on island without government's permission, says Supreme Court committee

Fight over fish

Only a few in sensitive list

Scales out of balance

A United Nations conference reveals the sense of desperate urgency concerning the oceans' rapidly depleting fish stocks

Fun park, fatal foundation

Going vegan: Where ‘Seaspiracy’ gets it wrong about global fisheries

Adopting veganism doesn’t reduce plastic within the ocean nor will it end climate change or the dominance of the fossil fuel industry

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The devil and the 'deep sea' fishing

In the Indian context, the term 'deep sea' has very little to do with depth. It refers to India's Exclusive Economic Zone: the 188 nautical miles …

"Polluters are today's environmentalists"

Crusader for the rights of over eight million Indian fisherfolk, Thomas Kochery , 57, made news headlines when he rejected the US $150,000 …

Right to fish

Tawa shows the way in ensuring fishing rights to people

EU casts its net wider

Fishworkers' union calls off stir after meeting PM

The last frontier

The Earth's overexploited seas are in danger of turning into the Last Frontier. In giant, demonic trawls, the World's oceans are being …

Hilsa vanishing from poor and middle-class people’s menu in Odisha

Over-exploitation of fish stocks, construction of dams, use of gill nets and climatic factors to blame

Net gain

Villagers around Tawa reservoir in Madhya Pradesh are finally allowed to retain fishing rights

Looking for the right bait

Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy

Growing fences

Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic …