Seafood Exporters Hope Business Will Pick Up
INDIA - As the US economy begins to recover, Mr Anwar Hashim President of the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) said that early signs of economic revival...

Bright Skies Over VIV India 2010
INDIA - The organisers of VIV India 2010 report a highly successful event in Bangalore earlier this month.

New Director General Of ICAR
INDIA - Dr S Ayyappan has been appointed to the post of Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), with effect from 1 January 2010....

Government Plans To Treble Export Earnings
INDIA - The State Government has set an ambitious plan to increase the export earnings from marine and culture fisheries products by three times.

Ambitious Plan to Raise Output in Orissa by 2020
ORISSA, INDIA - The state government has a plan to boost production of dairy, fish and poultry products.

VIV India: Providing Knowledge, Sharing Visions
INDIA - The theme of the opening conference of VIV India 2010 will be 'Food security'. VIV India takes place in Bangalore on 1 to 3 February 2010.

Increasing Fish Production
INDIA - Haryana has chalked out a strategy to raise both fish production and productivity in the state.

Sea Is Becoming Increasingly Polluted
INDIA - The waters off the Mangalore coast are now more polluted than before, according to a scientific study conducted by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography...

Connecting South Asian Aquaculture Markets
INDIA - From 1 to 3 February 2010, VNU Exhibitions and Inter Ads will finalise an exciting period of hard work with the opening of VIV India 2010.

Aquaculture Ponds Must Be Registered
INDIA - All fresh and brackish water aquaculture ponds in the district of Kakinada, must be registered with the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (CAA) before 31 December....

Focus on Organic Aquaculture
INDIA - With the global trends in marine catch indicating a decline, sustained efforts are necessary to make use of fishery resources, says Syda Rao, Director of...

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...