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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
A fisherwoman pulling up her Chinese net using the traditional Khu-il Chingba method in front of a homestay. Photo by Victor Ningthoujam.

Authorities announce “clean up” of Loktak lake; locals fear loss of fishing commons

Donald Takhell 9 Aug 2022
Coral reefs and fish in Sri Lanka.

Explosives smuggled from India used in blast fishing in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 22 Jul 2022

Concerns over increased whale shark stranding along Andhra Pradesh’s coast

Almaas Masood 15 Jul 2022

A road for a port cuts through the livelihoods of fisherwomen in Uttara Kannada

Supriya Vohra 14 Jul 2022

Time capsules in fish ears that unpack responses to climate change

Sahana Ghosh 9 Jun 2022

Hard constructions continue to erode Kerala’s coastline, leaving communities stranded

Supriya Vohra 5 May 2022

Fish famine, livelihood loss because of upcoming Vizhinjam port, say fishers of south Kerala

Supriya Vohra 4 May 2022

Demand for sea cucumbers turns India-Sri Lanka waters into trafficking hotspot

Malaka Rodrigo, Pragati Prava 11 Feb 2022
Sea snakes caught as bycatch. Photo by Chetan Rao.

Sea snakes along Konkan coast imperilled by bycatch, lack of enforcement of fishery regulations

Rupsy Khurana 14 Jan 2022
Riverbed Mining in Rambi Ara, Kashmir. Photo by Sameer Mushtaq/Mongabay.

[Video] Riverbed mining woes for Kashmir’s fishes

Sameer Mushtaq 17 Nov 2021

Films that offer a space for discussion on complex environmental issues

Priyanka Shankar 3 Nov 2021
An aqua farm in Andhra Pradesh

Fish markets in India driven by bycatch and sustained by subsidies

Monika Mandal 13 Oct 2021
Son Beel, Assam's largest wetland. Photo by Rahul Choudhury.

Fishermen struggle to survive as Assam’s largest wetland shrinks away

Aatreyee Dhar 1 Oct 2021

[Commentary] Cyclone, oil spill and tarballs: a trio of troubles for Mahim village

Dhwani Shah 19 Aug 2021