Stopping subsidies will be fresh blow for India’s struggling small fishers: Experts

Fisher community claims already vulnerable fishermen will not be able to access subsidises even if WTO negotiations turn in their favour  

Hit by storm, 15 trawlers are missing in Bay of Bengal

The boats have 240 fishers on board

Hudhud hits fisher people in Odisha

Bad weather spells in Bay of Bengal between February to October, the busiest period for fishers, have affected their livelihood

17 fishers injured in firing by forest guards

They were fishing in reservoir inside the Pench Tiger Reserve, where fishing has been banned by high court

Tamil Nadu suspends coastal sand mining

Government orders a probe into alleged violations by big companies

Fishworkers demand separate fisheries ministry at the Centre

Says BJP’s national policy on fishing and fishers released in 2012 recommended the same

Climate change brings longer spring and autumn to US

Expanding growing season has enabled the forests to store an additional 26 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, say researchers

Sri Lanka to prosecute Indian fishers in its custody

Judicial proceedings chosen over quick repatriation because fishers were committing the crime time and again, says Lankan minister

How foreign vessels exploit India’s loopholes in fishing laws

Misuse Letter of Permit scheme, says Greenpeace report