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Cast aside, small-scale fishers demand a framework for fair fisheries

Supriya Vohra 15 Apr 2025
An aerial view of fishing activities at Thangassery, Kollam, Kerala. The fisheries sector employs more than 2.5 crore fisherfolk and fish farmers in India. Image by Arunvrparavur via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

What is blue economy? [Explainer]

Phalguni Ranjan 8 Apr 2025
A shore seine crew hauls in their catch. Image by Sajith Remady.

Small sardines signal a potential bumper catch

Max Martin 27 Mar 2025
Most smaller teppas do not have motors and have to be rowed with paddles. Fishers find it challenging to overcome the strong waves. Image by Ishita Chigilli Palli.

Better catch pulls east coast fishers westwards

Ishita Chigilli Palli 14 Mar 2025
Small-scale gillnet fishers in Goa. Image by Trisha Gupta.

Understanding India’s shark supply chains to make them sustainable

Neha Jain 3 Mar 2025
Coenobitidae hermit crabs are largely beach dwellers that enter the sea only to breed.

Tiny creatures that lug their homes [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 27 Feb 2025
An olive ridley turtle in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. Image by Anirnoy via Wikimedia Commons

Local participation key in solving turtle nesting riddle

Max Martin 26 Feb 2025
marine litter beach vizag

Creating a blueprint for cleaner oceans

T. V. Padma 21 Feb 2025

Experimenting with artificial reefs to protect marine ecosystems

Aishwarya Mohanty 12 Feb 2025
Nicobar megapode, one of the many species affected by nicobar development

With Rs. 800 million sanctioned, committees begin monitoring Great Nicobar development project

Simrin Sirur 4 Feb 2025

Fisherwomen ride the rough waves while India’s blue economy blooms

Priyamvada Kowshik 3 Feb 2025

Mass death of olive ridley turtles raises urgent call for action

Laasya Shekhar 30 Jan 2025
The blacktip reef shark is a regular catch of coastal fisheries, such as those operating off Thailand and India, but is not targeted or considered commercially important. Photo by Memurubu/Wikimedia Commons.

New study finds world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras at risk of extinction

Spoorthy Raman 27 Jan 2025
Syringodium seagrass

Seagrass mapping helps identify restoration potential

Phalguni Ranjan 24 Jan 2025
traditional khoti fishing west bengal

Policy gaps are failing traditional fishing communities

Kundan Pandey 23 Jan 2025

Indigenous turtle-safe fishing devices help India tackle U.S. shrimp ban

Nikhil Sreekandan 17 Jan 2025
taxonomist jini jacob documents meiofauna nematodes

Indian taxonomist forays into the uncharted waters of meiofauna

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jan 2025
Scientists place a portable climate observatory, across an open-water lead in the Arctic in December 2020. Image by Lianna Nixon-Alfred-Wegener Institut via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

[Commentary] The risk of a potential circulation change in the Atlantic adds to climate worries

C.P. Rajendran 21 Nov 2024
Varaha-3 being deployed in the Andaman Sea for an exploratory mining trial. Image from National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT).

India advances with deep-sea mining technology

Priyanka Shankar 18 Nov 2024
Varkala cliffs face rapid development, with restaurants, resorts, parking lots, and a helipad reshaping the landscape. Image: K S Sajinkumar

Local lifeline, nature’s timeline, Varkala cliffs threatened by climate and human activities

Max Martin 30 Oct 2024