Fisheries
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Gulf of mannar trust to erect monitoring sheds
S Raja | ENS
Ramanathapuram
THE Gulf of Mannar National Marine Park (GOMNMP) has decided to erect thatched monitoring sheds in all fish landing centres in the district.
The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust (GOMBRT) is functioning as an implementing agency for the government and it arranges training for youths and girls belonging to the fishermen community.
Meanwhile, some fisherme
07/09/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
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Velim locals vow to continue stir till govt scraps fish meal project
Rejecting government’s offer to keep land acquisition process for the proposed fish meal project at Cutbona on hold, Velim villagers on Wednesday have vowed to continue their agitation till the process to acquire land admeasuring 30,000 sq mts is scrapped by the government.
The villagers went ahead with their planned dharna outside the Velim panchayat ghar this morning even as the government late
02/09/2010
Herald (Panjim)
Feature Articles
Seafood stewardship in crisis
The main consumer-targeted certification scheme for sustainable fisheries is failing to protect the environment and needs radical reform, say Jennifer Jacquet, Daniel Pauly and colleagues.
Sep 2010
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Seafood stewardship in crisis.pdf
Feature Articles
Cold blamed for Bolivia’s mass fish deaths
With high Andean peaks and a humid tropical forest, Bolivia is a country of ecological extremes. But the unusually low winter temperatures experienced by the country's tropical region in July and August hit freshwater species hard, killing an estimated 6 million fish and thousands of alligators, turtles and river dolphins.
Sep 2010
Nature
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Fish deaths.pdf
Feature Articles
Ecologists fear Antarctic krill crisis
The humble Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) bears a heavy burden. It may be just a small, shrimp-like crustacean, but its sheer abundance makes it one of the largest protein sources on Earth, eagerly sought by fish, penguins, whales — and man.
Sep 2010
Nature
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ecologists fear Antarctic krill crisis.pdf
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Is GM fish fit for table? Jury is out
Washington: US health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver first altered animal food to consumers’ dinner plates.
The fish, made by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc, is manipulated to grow twice as fast as traditional Atlantic salmon, something the company says could boost the nation’s fish sector and
01/09/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
News
Fishes find sanctuary in Jaintia Hills - Villagers to keep watch
Shillong, Aug.
01/09/2010
Telegraph (North East)
News
Govt puts fish plant land acquisition on hold
Agitation by Velim villagers against the proposed fish meal plant at the Cutbona fishing jetty drew first success, with the government on Tuesday deciding to keep on hold the land acquisition process to acquire land admeasuring 30,000 square meters for the project.
The government’s decision comes a day before the planned dharna called by the Velim villagers near the Velim Panchayat hall on Septem
01/09/2010
Herald (Panjim)
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Anglers’ group to create sanctuary - bid to save aquatic life
Shillong, Aug.
30/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
News
Fish meal plant at Cutbona jetty faces stiff opposition
Fisheries department’s ambitious project to set up a fish meal plant at the Cutbona jetty was opposed tooth and nail by villagers of Velim and Ambelim on Sunday, with agitated villagers called for a dharna on September 1 in protest against the project.
While Velim villagers at the Sunday gram Sabha demanded scrapping of the land acquisition notification to acquire land admeasuring 30,000 sq mts,
30/08/2010
Herald (Panjim)
