College To Boost Fish Farming
INDIA - The declining profitability in the agricultural sector has forced farmers to take recourse to other alternatives like fish farming. The inauguration of...

Fish farming in Paddy Fields Takes Off
INDIA - Fish cultivation along with paddy in paddy fields is gaining popularity as it brings financial benefit to the farmers of the Kurigram district of Bangla...

Low Premium Insurance For Aquaculture
INDIA - The National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) is working out modalities with insurance companies to introduce an insurance cover for fish and shrimp stocks...

ICAR Advice to Farmers of Flooded Farms
INDIA - The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has issued following advisories to fish farmers in flood-affected regions in the states of Andhra and...

Fish Population in HDR Down
INDIA - Fish populations in Hirakud Dam Reservoir (HDR) are falling and many species are becoming extinct.

CMFRI Course in Fish Entrepreneurship
INDIA - India's Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute recently organised a 10 day national training programme for middle level fisheries officers and fisheries...

Shrimp Farmers Warned over Use of Banned Products
GOA, INDIA - The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), is urging shrimp farmers not to use banned antibiotics and herbicides containing pendimethalim....

Thousands of Dead Fish Found near Agra
INDIA - Just behind the Taj Mahal, thousands of dead fish have been floating down the Yamuna river the past three days.

Manipur Fish Farmers Call for Drought Relief
MANIPUR, INDIA - Although the Government of India declared some parts of the country including the North eastern states drought affected no programme for fishermen...

High-yielding Variety of Chicken, Fish Developed
KARNATAKA, INDIA - The Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Bidar, has developed a new variety of poultry bird — "Suvarnadhara"...

Tough EU Measures Sink Indian Seafood Exports
INDIA - Faced with a spate of export rejections and slack demand, the Indian production of scampi or the freshwater shrimp has registered a 53 per cent fall to 12,806...

FTA with ASEAN May Have Adverse Effect
INDIA - The Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilali Federation (KSMTF) and Focus on the Global South, a regional research and campaign group, said that the Central Government’s...

Fish Farmer's Day Highlights Success and Challenges
INDIA - Induced breeding of fish paved the way for a booming Indian aquaculture industry.

Indian Fish Festival Inaugurated at Hyderabad
INDIA - Agriculture and Food Minister Shri Sharad Pawar reiterated the Government’s high focus on the fisheries sector and said that the Government was exploring...

Fish Festival Showcases New Technology
INDIA - The emerging technologies in the Indian aquaculture and fish processing industries as well as marketing and other allied activities will be showcased at...

Training Course for Fish Farmers
INDIA - A two day fish farmers training course was held on ‘intensive aquaculture in ponds and tanks’ under the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) at the...

Three Year Plan to Improve Aquaculture
INDIA - Union Minister for Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sharad Pawar has called on the fish producing states to set out a plan...

Indian Scientists Evaluate Cloned Fish Quality
INDIA - Indian scientists have begun demonstrating the superiority of cloned fish, chiefly in yield and quality, over regular ones, as well as evolving a blueprint...

India's Aqua Industry Receives Boost at VIV India 2010
INDIA - Animal husbandry accelerates its modernisation at VIV India 2010.

Indian Foodgrain Essential for Aquaculture Growth
INDIA - Agriculture and Food Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar today exhorted agricultural scientists to work for doubling agricultural productivity to meet the growing...

Indian Seafood Exports Fall 1.4 Per Cent
INDIA - India's seafood exports are down 1.4 per cent in U.S. dollar terms to $1.71 billion between April 2008 and February 2009 compared to the same time in the...

Rural Aquaculture: New Indian Government Go Inland
INDIA - The new government is planning to give a major thrust to the fisheries sector, particularly inland fisheries.

Indian Seafood Exporters Vie for New Ministry
INDIA - A seafood exporters' lobby in Kerala has urged the government to create a separate ministry for fisheries.

Indian Fish Farms Get Intensive with $123 Million
INDIA - Technologies for intensive aquaculture could be used to improve fish yields in more than 800,000 hectares of water.

A Modern Message for Indian Aquaculture
INDIA - A seminar on profitable fish farming was recently held in Tamil Nadu.