Social Media Ideas for Marine Fisheries

The real crisis in India’s fisheries

Official claims that most of India’s marine fish stocks are sustainable should not distract from the continuing degradation of the country’s inshore fishing grounds; stronger gover...

CMFRI launches open-sea mussel longline farming unit at Vizhinjam

Fishers’ Organisations in India Demand Recognition From FAO

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India,, August 27 (IPS) - India is ranked the second-largest fish-producing nation globally, accounting for around 8 percent of global output. The fisheries se...

Floundering North Carolina fisheries agency endangers workers and wildlife

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Sunday Edition: NOAA

Objectives assigned to NOAA include ensuring a safe and sustainable supply of seafood

Adopt a welfare-oriented approach, Fisheries department told

Speaking at a district-level review meeting of the Fisheries and Harbour Engineering departments at Ponnani, Fisheries Minister V.E. Abdul Gafoor said steps would be taken to fill...

Fishers seek climate protection, social security and recognition for women

More than 50 delegates representing fishers, women fish-workers, fish vendors, fisher organisations and researchers participated in the consultation held at the ICAR-Central Instit...

Marine Heatwaves and El Niño Are Disrupting Fisheries

Warming waters alter where fish and shellfish live, push them beyond what they can tolerate and increase risk of disease. The post Marine Heatwaves and El Niño Are Disrupting Fishe...

For Indian communities, fishmeal factories bring pollution, danger and protests

This article is from Food for Feed, a series investigating the global fishmeal industry. It is produced by the Outlaw Ocean Project, a news organization based in Washington, D.C.,...

Investigating the Hidden Costs of World’s Farmed Seafood

For nearly a decade, the Outlaw Ocean Project, the non-profit journalistic organization that I founded, has produced high-impact investigative stories...

Individual Fined for Unlawful Commercial Fishing Practices

Fish workers plan protest to demand land rights, reservation

The Union government must withdraw the ‘blue economy policy’ as it subjugates the sea and the coast to multinational companies, leaders of the All India Fish Workers Federation say

New Zealand put fishing boats under camera surveillance. Will it stay the course?

NAPIER/DUNEDIN, Aotearoa New Zealand — In 2016, a scandal engulfed Aotearoa New Zealand’s fisheries regulator. Leaked documents showed that the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI)...

Karnataka approves Marine Biotechnology Policy

It will unlock the economic potential of the State’s marine and coastal resources and position it state as a leading hub for marine biotechnology and the blue bio-economy

Khyber Aquaculture secures FSSAI licence

Khyber K2 Aquaculture which operates one of India s largest integrated RAS based Himalayan trout farming and processing facilities in Jammu Kashmir has secured its Food Safety and...

NC failed to protect coastal fisheries, court says

None of North Carolina’s 13 state-managed coastal fish stocks is currently viable for the long term, according to the court’s 190-page ruling.

CIFT workshop focuses on aligning fisheries research with national goals

J. K. Jena, Deputy DG (Fisheries Science) ICAR, said research must go beyond outputs to benefit communities, farmers, fishers and entrepreneurs

India moves a step closer towards national action plan for small-scale fishers

FAO-backed framework seeks to strengthen livelihoods, safety and resilience

The Dominance of Aquaculture over Capture Fishing

Aquaculture refers to farming the water: that is, growing fish or shrimp or other aquatic animals in a controlled space, rather than capturing them in open water. I’ve tended to th...

Fisherfolk protest against Secretariat proposal at Foreshore Estate

Community leader K. Bharathi, who has been spearheading the movement, pointed out that Minister Aadhav Arjuna had said that if asked to choose between fishermen and the secretariat...

Fisheries Sector Targets Commercial Growth

[Daily News] Rukwa -- TANZANIA'S fisheries sector is targeting greater commercial investment through value addition, expanded market access and increased private sector participati...

India’s small-scale fishers face unpredictable climate risks, warns diagnostic report

The document shows climate impacts are increasingly visible through more intense cyclones and storm surges and a growing number of rough seas days, leading to loss of fishing days

Fisheries sector seeks EU quota access to bluefin tuna

Inshore fishermen are seeking permission to commercially catch bluefin tuna in Irish waters, noting it would "make a massive difference" in coastal communities.

PHOTOS: The precarious life of fisherfolk

In the bustling heart of the southern Indian city of Chennai is a market that never sleeps, where residents from the poorest neighborhoods wage a battle of survival with the sea.