Oyster Farms Become a Tourist Attraction
INDIA - An oyster farming village in India has bee turned into a tourist attraction.

Shrimp Industry Facing Crisis
INDIA - The Indian shrimp industry is facing a crisis as demand moves from the black tiger prawn (P. Monodon) to L.Vannamei.

Rare Species of Shrimp in Danger
INDIA - Concern is rising in Orissa in India over the disappearance of gravid, a rare wild shrimp found in the brackish water bodies of the state.

Pisciculture Gains Popularity
INDIA - Pisciculture is becoming more popular in the Indian state of Bhubaneshwar among prospective entrepreneurs thanks to rising export demand and fish consumption.

Farm For Ornamental Fish
INDIA - India's Nation Aquaculture Society is to help finance a fish farm exclusively for ornamental fish.

Scientists Experiment with Solutions to Fishery Crisis
INDIA - What may become a sustainable solution to the world fishery crisis is being experimented by scientists in the US, according to the Financial Express.

Indian scientist turns prawn waste into super food
INDIA - Scientist, Renuka Karuppuswamy, was driven to resolve the problem of food waste by the stench of the huge piles of rotting seafood waste on the outskirts of her home town in Tamil Nadu.

Fisheries Task Force Flags-up 69 Projects
INDIA - A report by India's task force on inland fish production and developing aquaculture, has been handed over to Fisheries Minister S Sarma.

Vannamei On Farms Shortly
INDIA - Shrimp farmers in India's burgeoning aquaculture business will soon be allowed to farm South American vannamei shrimp.

Successful Maiden Crop Paves Way for Commercial Venture
VISHAKAPATNAM - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI ) has successfully harvested its first crop from the country’s maiden demonstration project for cage culture.

Marine Exports Reach Record High
INDIA - Export of marine products from India set an all time record of 612641 tons - a value Rs83.63bn and US$1852.93mn during 2006-07.

EU Top Slot for Indian Seafood Exports
INDIA - Statistics show that the European Union (EU) is the largest importer of Indian marine products, accounting for 34 percent of the exports by value.

Loan Waiver Possible for Fish Farmers
INDIA - The government plans to set aside part of the Rs 60,000-crore farm loan waiver package for plantation loans and allied activities such as poultry producers and fish farmers.

Shrimp Export Now Better Placed for Returns
INDIA - India's shrimp producers are buoyant. Their produce has been recognized by international markets and the seafood sector stands to reap significant benefits.

Seafood Industry Welcomes New SOPS
INDIA - Seafood exporters in Kerala are happy with the sops announced by the central government to bail them out. They are particularly pleased with an incentive for shrimp farmers.

Shrimp Seed Multiplication Centre to be Established
INDIA - A multi-billion shrimp seed multiplication centre is being established to produce Pathogen-free seed of shrimp.

Vannamei Given the Go-ahead by May
INDIA - The farming of Vannamei, the cheapest variety of shrimp across the globe, is likely to begin in India this spring. Seafood producers have welcomed the news and say the granting of permission to farm the species is long overdue.

Lecture on Aquaculture
INDIA - Ornamental fish culture has the potential to create self-employment avenues, says Fisheries Development Officer, Tenali, P. Madhavi Latha, has said.

Retail Chains Triggering a Tiger Prawn Culture
INDIA - Tiger prawns are slowly carving a niche in retail outlets and the potential for aquaculture production is growing.

Fish to be Used to Fight Mosquitoes
INDIA - The Indian health authorities are to use fish in the battle against mosquitoes and the diseases they carry.

Dependence on select markets hurts fish exports
INDIA - Indian exports are extremely susceptible to the negative consequences of trade barriers because of its massive dependance on a very small number of destination markets.

India Boosts Reservoir Fisheries
INDIA - The Indian Fisheries Department is to increase inland fish production by bolstering reservoir fisheries.