DYING FISH

Scales out of balance

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

Sponged to death

Natural sponges from the Mediterranean Sea are fast disappearing. Global warming and overfishing figure among the list of perpetrators of this …

Salmon hatcheries deplete wild stocks

Introducing farmed salmon in the rivers doesn't help

Handy test to detect mercury

A new kit to detect contamination in fish

In short

Madhya Pradesh’s egg-centric problem: Choose between nutrition and hegemony

The Kamal Nath government’s decision to provide eggs at Anganwadis gets the goat of Jain group in state with rampant malnourishment

Kashmir: High organic load in Jhelum causes fish to come ashore

As fish wash ashore, experts point to environmental degradation of rivers and lakes in the valley

Fish production from aquaculture is up but no improvement in marine life

A report on state of world’s fisheries and aquaculture finds capture production stagnating, but no improvement in marine diversity

Tropics could lose important commercial fish by 2050

Global warming might force fish species to move to cooler waters at the poles

शाकाहारी जीवों पर अधिक है विलुप्ति का खतरा, जानें क्यों

पिछले 500 वर्षों में कम से कम 368 कशेरुक प्रजातियां विलुप्त हो गई हैं।

COVID-19: Odisha govt bans fish trade with West Bengal

Several COVID-19 patients in the state had travel history to West Bengal, according to state govt 

हिंद महासागर से गायब हो चुकी हैं 90 फीसदी डॉल्फिन, यह है वजह

1950 से 2018 के बीच हिंद महासागर में लगाए गए गिलनेट के चलते करीब 41 लाख जीव मारे जा चुके हैं, जिनमें बड़ी मात्रा ...

Odisha fisherman sells rare fish for Rs 1.1 lakh

A merchant bought the 28-kg Ghol fish, known for its medicinal qualities, for Rs 3,940 a kg

Period of high agricultural commodity prices most likely over

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook says that with rising incomes, especially in the emerging economies, demand for meat, fish and poultry will grow

Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans

At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat

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Killing dust

African dust clouds cause red tides that kill millions of fish in the Gulf of Mexico

समुद्री जीवन को नुकसान पहुंचा रहा है इंसानी कोलाहल

इंसान शोर न केवल समुद्रों में ध्वनि प्रदूषण कर रहा है, साथ ही उसकी वजह से प्राकृतिक ध्वनियां भी गुम होती जा रही हैं| ...

जानवरों को अपना घर छोड़ने के लिए मजबूर करती हैं इंसानी गतिविधियां

39 सालों में 167 पशु प्रजातियों पर 208 अलग-अलग अध्ययनों का संकलन और विश्लेषण करने के बाद रिपोर्ट जारी की गई है

South Africa resumes seafood exports to Russia

12 South African companies granted licence to export canned and frozen fish

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 …

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