Treaty for sharks, et al

50 years of dropping catches

Marine feuds are festering sores in Kerala

Kerala's coast has become a battleground between traditional and mechanised fishing communities, jeopardising the marine ecosystem.

Devil in deep sea waters

Industrial fishing is fast gobbling up the world's marine resources. Worldwide concern for this humanmade catastrophe has forced nations to draw …

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 …

Brown oil and silvery sheen

DAHR JAMAIL visited Louisiana fisheries on harvest day but found the catch sordid

Fishworkers' campaign draws attention to the sale of marine waters

Spam in fishing net

No respite for Ridleys

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

Oceans may run out of fish population in 50 years

Fish might die in the next fifty years, or will they?

Protest against Haripur nuclear plant in West Bengal

Perilous port

Proposed seaport in Vizhinjam can spell disaster for fishers, tourism and biodiversity in Kerala

POSCO unplugged

Sayantan Bera travels to Jagatsinghpur in Odisha to find that villagers labeled ‘pro’ POSCO do not have a choice otherwise

Deep waters

Puducherry's plans for a new port have prompted unprecedented protests. Allegations of a huge land grab facilitated by procedural violations and …

Future compromised

The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …

Kudankulam meltdown

The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …

Some nets and sunshine

Fishers in a Tamil Nadu village save cost and improve catch with solar panel-fitted boats

Scales out of balance

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

Uncertainty of conservation science

Species that need protection are rare, shy and difficult to spot

POSCO’s port halt

South Korean company’s steel plant and port may impact coast, says expert panel

Loopholes in the net

Saving the predators

'Deep sea fishing in India is already a flop'

THOMAS KOCHERY was one of the first persons in India to have taken up the issue of unsustainable exploitation of marine resources and its impact …

Fishing fetters

Good tidings