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When two livelihoods collide

Ravleen Kaur 2 Feb 2024

Changing landscape spurs decline in ginger prawn fishing

Ravleen Kaur 1 Feb 2024

Restaurants fuelling demand for shark meat in India, finds study

Simrin Sirur 24 Jan 2024

Marine fisheries policy moving against the current of scientific recommendations

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2024

Look at weather indices rather than impacts for better fisheries insurance: experts

Max Martin 8 Jan 2024

Oil spill in Ennore brings fishing to a standstill

Laasya Shekhar 29 Dec 2023

Women seaweed farmers seek other jobs while India plans industry expansion

Almaas Masood 10 Oct 2023

Artisanal fishers wary of coastal aquaculture regulation amendments that legalise past violations

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 15 Sep 2023

Communication technologies for deep-sea fishers as cyclones intensify in the Arabian Sea

Max Martin, Sindhu Nepolean 24 Jul 2023

Understanding the role of local communities in the conservation of critically endangered rhino rays

Ashvita Anand 10 May 2023
A yellowfin tuna.

European Union’s collusion with fishing lobbies is damaging the Indian Ocean tuna, say critics

Malavika Vyawahare 10 Apr 2023

Artisanal fishers of Rameswaram resist the polluting shrimp farms on the island

Priyanka Shankar 30 Mar 2023

Women take the lead in promoting nutrition-sensitive aquaculture in Odisha

Aishwarya Mohanty 3 Feb 2023
Hilsa Breeding Center at Farakka. The hatchery has been built upstream by taking in possession of two ponds from the authorities. Photo by Rahul Singh.

Challenges abound to conserve the popular hilsa fish

Rahul Singh 17 Jan 2023

Low coastal catch forces artisan fishers into the deeper, riskier waters of the storm-prone Arabian Sea

Max Martin 13 Jan 2023
Malvan’s fisherwomen are mainly involved in ancillary processes. Once their husbands return with the catch, the fisherwomen set out to cut, clean, market and even bargain with customers and agents or middlemen, known as dalals who help them sell their fish in the wholesale market. Photo by Manjula Nair/Mongabay.

Artisanal fishers struggle in Malvan

Manjula Nair 27 Dec 2022

To increase fish production, Odisha turns to cage aquaculture

Aishwarya Mohanty 22 Dec 2022
Barnamali Malik along with other fishermen prepares to venture into the Kharasrota river to catch fish. They returned home empty handed after a seven-hour long sail. Photo by Aishwarya Mohanty.

Illegal fish poisoning threatens traditional fishers in Odisha; authorities say no complaints since 2020

Aishwarya Mohanty 6 Oct 2022
A Pokkali field in Ezhikkara. Photo by Kavya Sanjaya.

[Commentary] Pokkali, a GI-tagged rice variety, could be on the verge of extinction

Amalendu Jyotishi, Gummadi Sridevi, Kavya Sanjaya 5 Oct 2022
Women in Odisha selling dry fish.

Marine fishing ban in Odisha leads to loss of income for women involved in allied activities

Aishwarya Mohanty 26 Sep 2022