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

Nikhil Sreekandan 17 Jan 2025

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

Max Martin 8 Jan 2024
Fishers land a small boat at Muthalappozhi harbour. Photo by Sajith Remady.

Artisanal fishers deploy communication technologies to stay safe during the monsoon

Max Martin, Sindhu Nepolean 13 Jul 2023
Fishermen engaged in seine net fishing at the Pulicat lagoon. Photo by Xavier Benedict/ AARDE Foundation.

Red listing the Pulicat lagoon may help protect the ecosystem, say researchers

Arathi Menon 4 May 2023

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

Aishwarya Mohanty 3 Feb 2023

To increase fish production, Odisha turns to cage aquaculture

Aishwarya Mohanty 22 Dec 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

Unpacking the presence of microplastics in the Bay of Bengal

Sahana Ghosh 25 Aug 2022

Potential offshore wind project in the Gulf of Mannar leaves fishers anxious

Priyanka Shankar 23 Mar 2022

Mahananda river survey records 190 dolphins, warns of fishing threats to Red List species

Seema Sharma 17 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

Shrimp farming gets a push in Uttar Pradesh as India looks to boost exports in fisheries sector

Sneha Mahale 7 Jun 2021
Local MLA visits damaged site at Madh Island. Photo by Kiran Kohli.

Cyclone Tauktae exposes vulnerabilities along India’s west coast

Supriya Vohra 26 May 2021
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

Social media users as ‘environmental sensors’ to conserve Kerala’s wetlands

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jan 2019

Hope takes wing as Manipur prepares to establish its first bird sanctuary

Sahana Ghosh 14 Dec 2018

Manipur’s native fishes in troubled waters

Sahana Ghosh, Video by Kartik Chandramouli 12 Oct 2018

Microbe-based monitoring to conserve Sundarbans

Sahana Ghosh 18 Sep 2018

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

Mayank Aggarwal 30 Aug 2018

A tiny new fish discovered in a secluded stream in the Western Ghats

Manupriya 14 Aug 2018