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

· Apr 03, 2023 · 07:30 pm

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

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Asif Sandeelo

· Feb 27, 2023 · 11:30 pm

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

· Jan 22, 2023 · 03:30 pm

In Odisha, entrepreneurs dream of making it big with cage fish farming

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

· Dec 25, 2022 · 09:30 pm

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

· Oct 20, 2021 · 03:30 pm

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

· Aug 11, 2021 · 07:30 pm

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

· Jul 15, 2021 · 11:30 am

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

· Jul 04, 2021 · 09:00 am

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.

Malavika Vyawahare

· Apr 22, 2021 · 01:30 pm