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Global Fish Farming News
News from India
Friday, November 20, 2009
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...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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...
Seafood Exporters Aim For Quality INDIA - Seafood exporters have decided not to purchase black tiger shrimp (aquaculture shrimp) from aqua farmers, who are not registered with the Coastal Aquaculture...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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...
Friday, October 23, 2009
Fish Population in HDR Down INDIA - Fish populations in Hirakud Dam Reservoir (HDR) are falling and many species are becoming extinct.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
India to Start White Prawn Production INDIA - The National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) has announced that white prawn cultivation is to begin in February.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Indian Black Tiger Shrimps Promotion INDIA - The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has signed an Agreement for Promotion of Indian Black Tiger Shrimp including the Co-Branding Agreement...
Friday, October 02, 2009
Training in Prawn Farming for Fish Farmers TAMIL NADU, INDIA - A training programme in freshwater prawn farming technique sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, was inaugurated...
Monday, September 28, 2009
Study Finds Indian Duck/Prawn Combination Sustainable INDIA - Abraham and Ravindran of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookot, Wayanad in Kerala describe how fresh prawn waste can be fed to ducks to...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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....
Friday, September 18, 2009
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.
Friday, September 04, 2009
India's Shrimp Exports Hit by EU Rejections INDIA - The Indian marine products export sector is facing the threat of a substantial fall in export volume as the rate at which the European Union (EU) has been...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
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...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Success Breeding Aquatic Weed Controlling Fish BANGALORE, INDIA - Once found in plenty in the clear river waters of Western Ghats in Karnataka, "Haragi Meenu," a fish species with the potential to control acquatic...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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"...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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...
Monday, July 27, 2009
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...
Monday, July 13, 2009
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...
Friday, July 10, 2009
US Set Anti-Dumping Tariff INDIA - The US Department of Commerce settled the final rates of the third administrative review of anti-dumping duty imposed on shrimp and prawns imported from...
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...
Thursday, July 09, 2009
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...

