Fishing Industry
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In Rameswaram, artisanal fishers are resisting polluting shrimp farms
They allege the shrimp farms behind their village have polluted the groundwater and encroached their land.
Priyanka Shankar
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By adopting sustainable practices, Pakistan’s fishers have reduced bycatch and increased incomes
Take-up of modified fishing gear has led to fewer turtles, sharks, dolphins and whales dying in Pakistan’s waters.
Shabina Faraz & Asif Sandeelo
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If the hilsa is to be saved, India needs to work with Bangladesh and Myanmar
The popular fish faces five major threats: overfishing, obstruction by dams and barrages, river siltation, pollution and climate change.
Rahul Singh
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As part of a pilot project, many have taken up cage aquaculture under the state’s subsidised policy to augment freshwater fish production.
Aishwarya Mohanty
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India’s fishers need better insurance schemes that also cover losses due to climate change
While the existing plans cover death, accident and total vessel loss, they exclude losses due to declining catch and damages due to extreme weather.
Flavia Lopes, IndiaSpend.com
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Why the ban on fishing of seahorses in Indian waters has not been effective
Between 2015 and 2017, an estimated 1.3 crore seahorses were caught annually as bycatch in India.
Neha Jain
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A vegetarian’s guide to the WTO deal on fisheries
A key meeting will be held on July 15 to negotiate new rules to eliminate fisheries subsidies that result in overfishing.
Shailendra Yashwant
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Mumbai’s Koli fishermen face a perfect storm: climate change, cyclones, and illegal fishing
Depleting fish stocks are pushing the city’s indigenous fishing community to economic precarity.
Aarefa Johari
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In the Indian Ocean, predatory European ships have pushed tuna to the brink
European Union-controlled ships, including those flagged to smaller coastal states like Seychelles, haul in the lion’s share of the fish in the region.
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