Marine fisheries News

RSS
20 stories
Young milk sharks caught by fishers at a wharf in Mangalore, Karnataka. Image by Karunakar Rayker via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Study explores social media as a tool to track shark and ray consumption

Divya Kilikar 3 Feb 2026
A catch of squaretail groupers (Plectropomus areolatus). Image by Rucha Karkarey.

A Lakshadweep island’s strategic value worries conservationists and fishers

Max Martin 27 Jan 2026
A shore seine net is hauled ashore at Valinokam, Tamil Nadu, while people gather along the beach to watch. Image by Vinod Kumar.

Traditional fishers turn rescuers in a win for declining marine wildlife [Commentary]

M. Fathima Hanna, Teresa Scholastica Thomas, I. Santhanamari, Vinod M. Kumar, Maria Antony P., M. Soubadra Devy 26 Jan 2026
Fish vendors at a market in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Image by Rajesh Pamnani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

India’s fisheries budget misses the ocean for the fish [Commentary]

Ajay Sawant 22 Dec 2025
A variety of sharks and rays caught in a trawler. Image by Imran Samad.

India’s nearshore fisheries overlap with shark and ray habitats

Rupsy Khurana 18 Sep 2025
Fishermen from Kavaratti at work, performing pole-and-line fishing in the deep-sea area. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Pole-and-line fishing face new challenges with push for tuna fish exports

K.A. Shaji 17 Jun 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
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

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

Priyamvada Kowshik 3 Feb 2025

[Explainer] What are fish refugia?

Kundan Pandey 24 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
taxonomist jini jacob documents meiofauna nematodes

Indian taxonomist forays into the uncharted waters of meiofauna

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jan 2025
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

Creatures entangled: Ghost nets trap creatures small and great

Max Martin 9 Apr 2024

Tilapia, highly adaptable and invasive fish, found growing in marine waters

Sneha Mahale 19 Mar 2024
‘Animal Forests’ of Kerala’s rocky reefs with soft corals and solitary hard corals. Photo by Umeed Mistry

Traditional raft fishing threatened as reefs choke on plastic

Max Martin, John Bennet 12 Feb 2024
Dragon King's Pool was a fishing port between Dalian and Lvshun. Photo by Jason M. C., Han/Wikimedia Commons

India’s stance at WTO balances fisheries subsidies for artisanal fishers and sectoral growth

Kundan Pandey 9 Feb 2024

Marine fisheries policy moving against the current of scientific recommendations

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2024