How we're using fish ear bones as 'time capsules' of past river health

Oxygen isotope values of fish ear bones gives information on the temperature of the water, while studying concentrations of trace elements …

Vindaloo with a punch

FISH CURRY AND RICE: A CITIZENS' REPORT ON THE GOAN ENVIRONMENT Publisher: Ecoforum, Goa Price: Rs 200

The battle is won, but who won the war?

Hiroshi Nakajima has been re-elected director of the World Health Organisation. But the road ahead promises to be bumpy for the controversial …

French lose out on fish ban, gain price hike

French demands -- backed by violent agitations -- for a ban on the entry of cheap fish into France has fallen on deaf European Community ears.

Looking for the right bait

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

Fishy decision

More whale meat will be available in Japanese markets

Caviar dreams

Threat to fishing

The rued lagoon

Casting the net wider

A fish called hilsa

The population of Bangladesh's national fish is rapidly dwindling in local rivers

Red alert

Troubled waters

Pollutants alter sexual characteristics of wild fish

Measured efforts

Complete restoration of ecosystems may not be good

Fishing fortunes

A unique fishing cooperative in Bihar's Madhubani district boosts the confidence and economic independence of the local women

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

Sound sense

Fishes seem to be developing ways to detect and avoid high-frequency sonars that trawlers use to locate them

Drained dry

...are the local wetlands in Assam on account of short-sighted flood control measures and unsavoury fishing practices

Force the fish up

The annual Maund festival of the Aglar valley in Uttaranchal is both pure revelry and impure fun, says manisha viren singh

Simply Put: To eat or not to eat

New fish species discovered in Bengal’s Digha harbour

It is the fourth species of Pterygotrigla genus reported in India so far

Toxic death

Reckless use of pesticides led to fish deaths in Delhi

PROTECTING FISH

Poison in Indian food

Too close for comfort