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Marine debris entangled in branching coral in the waters of the Gulf of Mannar. Photo courtesy SDMRI.

Ghosts of the gulf: Marine debris a threat to corals in the Gulf of Mannar

Aathira Perinchery 18 Jan 2021

Cyclones made coral recovery quicker in Gulf of Mannar this year

Ankita Sengupta 31 Aug 2020

How Mumbai’s fishers adapted in the lockdown, kept their sales alive

Himanshu Nitnaware 8 Jun 2020

Lakshadweep unveils world’s first sea cucumber conservation reserve

K.A. Shaji 5 May 2020

El Niño-Southern Oscillation can affect tuna fish in the Indian Ocean, says FAO report

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 24 Apr 2020

Fishers try to stay afloat amid lockdown

Supriya Vohra 10 Apr 2020

Ganjam fisherwomen unite to get back fish trade from monopolistic traders

Priya Ranjan Sahu 2 Apr 2020

Kerala’s fishing beaches littered with large amounts of fishing debris

Neha Jain 3 Mar 2020

“There is no fish in the ocean”: Declining catch worries fishers in southern Karnataka

Supriya Vohra 18 Feb 2020

Artificial reefs breathe new life for Tamil Nadu’s fishing communities

Mahima Jain 11 Feb 2020

[Commentary] Budget 2020 is an opportunity for navigating Indian fisheries sector out of the blues

A. Suresh, V.K. Sajesh, Manoj P. Samuel 30 Jan 2020

The Sundarbans: frontlines of climate change for tigers and people

Johan Augustin 13 Jan 2020

Fish meal and fish oil industries pose threat to the fishing sector in India

Haritha John 2 Jan 2020

Study explores recovery patterns of corals in Palk Bay after the 2016 bleaching event

Neha Jain 25 Dec 2019

Satellites help track ocean acidification in the Bay of Bengal

Sahana Ghosh 13 Dec 2019

Invasive bullfrog tadpoles devour native ones in the Andamans

Neha Jain 13 Dec 2019

Beached in Goa

Supriya Vohra 4 Dec 2019

Towards better prediction of coral bleaching

Aathira Perinchery 25 Nov 2019
Thresher sharks are targetted in shark fisheries across the world for their meat, liver oil and fins. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s latest assessment, 139 of the approximately 482 species of sharks found across the planet are threatened by overfishing. Photo by Bhanu Sridharan.

Twenty years in the making: Where is India’s National Plan of Action for shark fisheries?

Bhanu Sridharan 15 Nov 2019

What would happen if the oceans are completely covered with plastic?

Bhanu Sridharan 20 Aug 2019