We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?

It is hard to monitor and enforce the prohibition on plastic pollution from vessels on the high seas

Net Gain: A photo essay on riverine Assam

How and where fishing nets of diverse shapes and varying mesh sizes are used in riverine Assam 

Odisha government announces two-month fishing ban to conserve fish stocks

Second wave of COVID-19 forces migrant fishermen in Odisha to stay in the state

US-China fight over fishing is really about world domination

In sending its fishermen far and wide, Beijing has, wittingly or not, followed America’s lead

Aid to Odisha fisherfolk doubled for fishing ban to save turtles; Is it enough?

7-month ban during nesting period of Olive Ridley turtles; Even doubled amount of Rs 15,000 not enough compared with market rates, say fisherfolk;…

Using insecticide-treated mosquito nets for fishing could lead to collapse of fisheries & health hazards

A combinations of insecticides from the nets could also end up in the waterways  

Discarded fishing gear threatens Ganga dolphins, turtles

Researchers said the waste fishing gear could be recycled and used in clothes, carpets

Governments should ensure sustainable livelihood for India’s fisherfolk

There are instances of fishermen being threatened with guns for entering into channels constructed by the port authorities 

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World Sea Turtle Day 2022: Here are 10 ways in which we can prevent them from becoming bycatch

Collaboration is needed to develop strategies that reduce the risk of sea turtle entanglement in fishing gear, while still maintaining nutrition, …

In the fishing industry, gear recycling is finally catching on

Old fishing nets clutter harbors and kill sea life. But entrepreneurs are changing that

Unique programme in Bangladesh shows the way to wetland management

The project to conserve the biodiversity of the Tanguar Haor in northeastern Bangladesh has brought rewards

The mystery of the aquadeaths

One of the most lucrative pisciculture activities today, shrimp cultivation in India was recently given a devastating body blow by a mysterious …

Home coming

After initial doubts over whether the turtles would retain Orissa as the site of their annual nesting exercise, the reptiles return for the …

GPS to aid fishing

Fishing for solutions

Canada and the European Union silence their cannons in their face-off over Atlantic fishing grounds

Fishing embargo

Kerala protests SC's ban

Saving steps

Turtle graveyard

Mass turtle deaths have become an annual feature on the Orissa coast

US imports 6 million tropical fish exposed to cyanide poisoning

For every cyanide-exposed fish that makes it to an aquarium, several others die even before they are purchased 

Neither the city nor the sea will relent

As a result of climate change and uneven development, fishing communities in Chennai are caught between a seaward moving land and a landward …

Global Conservator

The US is taking its role as the protector of sea turtles worldwide too seriously, ignoring some important factors

Fish in troubled waters

Several fish species in Kerala are threatened by overfishing and the release of effluents in the coastal waters

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