Fudged!
US wildlife reports, complain scientists
Devil in deep sea waters
Industrial fishing is fast gobbling up the world's marine resources. Worldwide concern for this humanmade catastrophe has forced nations to draw …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 25, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal …
Under the moonlight: A little light and shade helps larval fish to grow at night
Their growth appears to be maximised when the first half of the night is dark and the second half of the night is bright
Indian oil sardine stocks show signs of revival after 5-year-long decline
But experts have cautioned against over-harvesting the immature sardines located along the Kerala coast
Prelude to extinction
Fishery experts say a global system of management is essential to prevent the extinction of the world's fish stocks, even as the number of …
Marine feuds are festering sores in Kerala
Kerala's coast has become a battleground between traditional and mechanised fishing communities, jeopardising the marine ecosystem.
Fishing in truobled water
Does India need to import exotic fish species, when the experience with them has not been particularly good? Besides, the country already boasts …
Baby gharials sighted after 30 years in a remote region of Nepal
The animals' sighting is a positive sign for the recovery of the species
Rice-fish farming system in India is in urgent need of conservation and promotion
Along with reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, co-culture systems have beneficial effects on farm income and improving the livelihood of …
MALAYSIA
Chemical confusion
Notorious endocrine disruptor, BPA, could induce mating between different fish species
The wisdom of the unlettered
How fish survive in freezing Antarctica waters
How a fish species keeps from freezing
Stopping subsidies will be fresh blow for India’s struggling small fishers: Experts
Fisher community claims already vulnerable fishermen will not be able to access subsidises even if WTO negotiations turn in their favour
Blue foods have potential to become more sustainable: Research
Most aquaculture systems have not achieved the levels of efficiency seen in terrestrial food production systems
SAVING THE STURGEON
Leading caviar exporting nations agree to voluntarily restrict sturgeon fishing to pre-empt a ban by CITES
'You cannot balance an economy by unbalancing human lives'
Development economist Sir Richard Jolly has been Principal Coordinator of UNDP's Human Development Report. He is also Chairman of the …
EAST AFRICA
Why fish go crazy
Ocean acidification hampers brain chemistry
Fish trouble
Fighting mosquitoes
Mysterious deaths
SOUTH KOREA
Lake Tanganyika's hurting
Climate change endangers important food source of East Africa