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Marine subsidies are a mess, say small scale fishers of southern Karnataka

Supriya Vohra 2 Mar 2020

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

Supriya Vohra 18 Feb 2020

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

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

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

Haritha John 2 Jan 2020

Fish products in European supermarkets connected to unsustainable fishing practices in India

Monica Evans 2 Jan 2020

Can a village specialised in shark fishing have lessons for India’s fisheries?

Bhanu Sridharan 22 Nov 2019
The Tharuvaikulam wharf from where the palmyra tree climbers who took to fishing set sail with their eco-friendly gill nets.

Tharuvaikulam’s palmyra climbers turn sustainable fishers

Jency Samuel 9 Aug 2019

Kerala’s monsoon trawling ban has become a bone of contention

Haritha John 31 Jul 2019
Women are an important part of India’s fishing industry, especially as fish sellers. In Mangalore market they also work as loaders. Photo by Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar.

India begins regulating its fisheries

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar 22 Jul 2019

India’s first attempt at regulating fishing trawlers underway

Karthikeyan Hemalatha 28 Jan 2019

India’s sharks and rays: an ancient species on the brink of extinction

Bhanu Sridharan 10 Dec 2018

Popular fish and where to find them: Species specific advisories to help fishermen with profits

Mayank Aggarwal 30 Aug 2018

Corals in Gulf of Mannar show signs of recovery after bleaching, but new threats loom

Manupriya 28 Jun 2018

[Video] Glimmer of hope for co-existence of conservation and livelihood in the Gulf of Mannar

Arushi Dutt 8 Jun 2018

Climate change impacting fish reproduction in the Sundarbans: Study

Sahana Ghosh 12 Apr 2018

[Interview] ‘Annihilation trawling’ can kill fisheries in Mandapam coast

Rebecca Kessler 4 Apr 2018