Sharks in soup

India goes against world in not banning shark fin trade

In short

Zone of contention

Fishworkers' campaign draws attention to the sale of marine waters

Homeless hilsa

The ocean fish that swims against the tide to spawn in rivers is moving away from Bangladesh

Anti-nuke protests in Tamil Nadu

Gram sabhas call for closure of Koodankulam plant  

Net gain

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

International Horseshoe Crab Day: Species under grave threat in Odisha

Hundreds of the crabs have been killed in Odisha each year to supply their meat and shells to Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and other states

A fish moves west

Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. Silting, dams and pollution pushed the fisher into deep ocean leading to …

Spam in fishing net

Agriculture, fisheries take spotlight at WTO meet in Abu Dhabi

India backs permanent solution for public stockholding of food grains even as developing nations attack it

Fish and a philosophy

A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage management

Virgin islands In peril

Tourism planned in Sri Lanka’s islands threatens their fragile ecosystem and the lives of people there

In troubled waters

After having forced into extinction many different species of animals, human beings have most recently focused their greed on fishes in the deep …

UNEP non-science

Politics hinders process to make the apex body scientifically sound

Tsunami-hit farmers of Nagapattinam against prawn industry

Assam's dam crisis

Protests against dams are snowballing into a political movement in Assam

No respite for Ridleys

Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use

Coastal management rules under review

West Bengal proposes alternative site for Nandigram chemical hub

The word is management

Wake Up World Bank

Absolute immunity leads to impunity, and that foments lack of transparency and the reluctance to be held accountable

Robbed of the sea

A divided house

Aaj Ka Roadshow

Liberalisation in India has not only affected humdrum life, but also popular cultural forms. This is palpable in the changing dynamics of the big …