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Uttar Pradesh: 2 fish species banned</b><br>
<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-05/varanasi/41800299_1_species-fishes-thai-mangur" target="_blank">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-05/varanasi/41800299_1_species-fishes-thai-mangur</a><br>
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Two species of fishes, Thai Mangur and Bighead have been banned in Varanasi
district. According to Additional District Magistrate (Administration) Ajay
Kumar Awasthi, these two species of fishes are the reason for the spread of
Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome and harming several indigenous flora and fauna in
the region. The ban has been imposed under a prohibatory order under section
144 of CrPC...<br></span>
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Nepal: Conflict over water use flares in Godavari</b><br>
<a href="http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=59537" target="_blank">http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=59537</a><br></span>
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With the rampant urbanization of the Godavari area, which is known for its
richness in water resources, a conflict between the locals and the government
about the use of water has surfaced. The locals dislike presence of Fisheries
Research Development (FRD) in the area, as Godavari, located 9 km east of
Satdobato, dips into water crisis with stone spouts in the neighborhood fast
drying up...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Nagaland: Fishery dept conducts training in Kigwema village</b><br>
<a href="http://www.nagalandpost.com/ChannelNews/State/StateNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDA0NDU4Ng%3D%3D-zdF1yFgl9Pc%3D" target="_blank">http://www.nagalandpost.com/ChannelNews/State/StateNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDA0NDU4Ng%3D%3D-zdF1yFgl9Pc%3D</a><br>
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ATMA Jakhama Block conducted farmers to farmer interaction session, capacity
building cum demonstration on fishery pond management at Kigwema village on
August 28. The resource persons were Neichukedo, a progressive
farmer and Wabang Longkumer (FD) department of fishery & BTT convenor ATMA
Jakhama block...<br></span>
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Madhya Pradesh: Sand mining around Chambal sanctuary: NGT seeks Centre's reply</b><br>
<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sand-mining-around-chambal-sanctuary-ngt-seeks-centre-s-reply-113090200815_1.html" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sand-mining-around-chambal-sanctuary-ngt-seeks-centre-s-reply-113090200815_1.html</a><br>
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today sought the Centre's response on a plea
for protection of National Chambal Sanctuary and its endangered species from
sand mining and other activities...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Odisha: Vessel with inbuilt laboratory to monitor Odisha coastal ecology</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/vessel-with-inbuilt-laboratory-to-monitor-odisha-coastal-ecology/article5088849.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/vessel-with-inbuilt-laboratory-to-monitor-odisha-coastal-ecology/article5088849.ece</a><br>
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Come next year a vessel with in-built laboratory would be found floating along
the coast for monitoring the State’s coastal ecology. In its maiden foray into
tracking health of coastal ecology, Odisha State Pollution Control Board
(OSPCB) would be handling on-board laboratory of the vessel to be procured
through World Bank-funded Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme
(ICZMP)...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Andhra Pradesh: Transport strike: Fisherwomen find it difficult to sell
their catch </b><br>
<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Transport-strike-Fisherwomen-find-it-difficult-to-sell-their-catch/articleshow/22215819.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Transport-strike-Fisherwomen-find-it-difficult-to-sell-their-catch/articleshow/22215819.cms</a><br>
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More than 15,000 fisherwomen involved in selling sea fish across the district
have been badly hit due to the APSRTC services strike and the consequent
"hike" in auto fares for the last 20 days. The Friday-Saturday auto
strike only mitigated their problem as their job involves taking fish to
various colonies and local markets for sale...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Tamil Nadu: Sri Lankan court orders release of 29 Indian fishermen</b><br>
<a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sri-lankan-court-orders-release-of-29-indian-fishermen-414582" target="_blank">http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sri-lankan-court-orders-release-of-29-indian-fishermen-414582</a><br>
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A Sri Lankan court today ordered the release of 29 fishermen from
Nagapattinam and Karaikal but extended the judicial remand of five others,
officials said. The court had earlier ordered extension of remand of all the 34
fishermen, but in the evening it ordered the release of 29 of them and extended
the remand of others, fisheries department officials said...<br></span>
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Kerala: Fish workers’ protest in Alappuzha on September 8 </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/fish-workers-protest-in-alappuzha-on-september-8/article5057760.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/fish-workers-protest-in-alappuzha-on-september-8/article5057760.ece</a><br>
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Fish workers will take out a rally and organise a public meeting in Alappuzha
on September 8 in an attempt to highlight developments affecting their
livelihood. The protest will be organised under the banner of the Kerala
Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation and the National Fish workers’ Forum
(NFF), said T. Peter, the national secretary of NFF at a press meet here on
Saturday...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Kerala: Shelter for fish vendors at Palayam</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/shelter-for-fish-vendors-at-palayam/article5088885.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/shelter-for-fish-vendors-at-palayam/article5088885.ece</a><br>
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Fish vendors at Palayam’s Connemara Market have, for long, complained about the
lack of basic infrastructure there. They were unhappy about what they
considered being shunted to the back of the market in a temporary shelter...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Goa: Subsidy schemes for fishermen turning stale </b><br>
<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Subsidy-schemes-for-fishermen-turning-stale/articleshow/22219901.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Subsidy-schemes-for-fishermen-turning-stale/articleshow/22219901.cms</a><br>
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The marine products export development authority (MPEDA) Goa's central subsidy
schemes for installing insulated fish hold and ice making machines for trawlers
have been gathering dust for the past eight years, with very few takers. This
year the authority approached fishermen corporative societies and have gained a
good response...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Maharashtra: Fishermen to meet Uddhav to discuss Jaitapur plant</b><br>
<a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Fishermen-to-meet-Uddhav-to-discuss-Jaitapur-plant/Article1-1116174.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Fishermen-to-meet-Uddhav-to-discuss-Jaitapur-plant/Article1-1116174.aspx</a><br>
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In an effort to garner support from the Shiv Sena representatives from the
fishing community of Sakhri-Nate who are opposing the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear
Power Plant in Ratnagiri district, will meet party president Uddhav Thackeray
at Sena Bhavan on Tuesday to chart the future course of dissent...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Gujarat: Mundra projects fined Rs. 200 cr. for green law violations</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/business/mundra-projects-fined-rs-200-cr-for-green-law-violations/article5086695.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/business/mundra-projects-fined-rs-200-cr-for-green-law-violations/article5086695.ece</a><br>
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The Environment and Forests Ministry has slapped a Rs. 200 crore penalty on
Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects for violating green laws. The
money will go to an Environment Restoration Fund to mitigate the damage done to
the area around the project sites...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>India: Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana to be renamed as National Urban
Livelihoods Mission</b><br>
<a href="http://netindian.in/news/2013/09/03/00025800/swarna-jayanti-shahri-rozgar-yojana-be-renamed-national-urban-livelihoods-m" target="_blank">http://netindian.in/news/2013/09/03/00025800/swarna-jayanti-shahri-rozgar-yojana-be-renamed-national-urban-livelihoods-m</a><br>
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a proposal for
restructuring of the centrally-sponsored scheme Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar
Yojana (SJSRY) in the 12th Plan as the National Urban Livelihoods Mission
(NULM) with an allocation of approximately Rs. 6,405 crore...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>India: Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee On Science &
Technology, Environment & Forests Invites Suggestions/Views On "The
Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013" Before September
14, 2013</b><br>
<a href="http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/press_release/press/Committee%20on%20S%20and%20T,%20Env.%20and%20Forests/Press%20ReleaseWild%20Life.doc.pdf" target="_blank">http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/press_release/press/Committee%20on%20S%20and%20T,%20Env.%20and%20Forests/Press%20ReleaseWild%20Life.doc.pdf</a><br>
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"The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013" as introduced and
pending in Rajya Sabha has been referred to the Department-related Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests,
headed by Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy, M.P., Rajya Sabha for examination and
report...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><i>The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013 is available at:<br>
<a href="http://164.100.47.5/newsite/press_release/bill_committee.aspx" target="_blank">http://164.100.47.5/newsite/press_release/bill_committee.aspx</a><br>
<a href="http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/press_release/bill/Committee%20on%20S%20and%20T,%20Env.%20and%20Forests/wildlife-E.pdf" target="_blank">http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/press_release/bill/Committee%20on%20S%20and%20T,%20Env.%20and%20Forests/wildlife-E.pdf</a></i><br>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Maldives: Ocean Fresh’s Maldives yellowfin tuna gains FoS</b><br>
<a href="http://www.undercurrentnews.com/2013/09/03/ocean-freshs-maldives-yellowfin-tuna-gains-fos/#.UiasVH9Xv98" target="_blank">http://www.undercurrentnews.com/2013/09/03/ocean-freshs-maldives-yellowfin-tuna-gains-fos/#.UiasVH9Xv98</a><br>
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Friend of the Sea has announced the certification of yellowfin tuna caught by
handline methods in the Maldives, and processed in loins by Ocean Fresh Pvt.
“Ocean Fresh is proud to be a Friend of the Sea,” said Abbas Mohamed, managing
director of Ocean Fresh. “This recognition to our conservation efforts adds up
to the Dolphin-Safe and the MFDA certifications...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Myanmar: ILO: Harsh conditions on Thai trawlers</b><br>
<a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/367628/migrants-working-thai-trawlers-denied-rights-says-ilo" target="_blank">http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/367628/migrants-working-thai-trawlers-denied-rights-says-ilo</a><br>
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Working conditions for fishermen on Thai trawlers are not up to standard, the
United Nations labour agency said on Monday. The result was unveiled in a
survey reported by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Asian
Research Centre on Migration of Chulalongkorn University...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Bangladesh: People close to ruling party control fishing</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/genuine-fishermen-being-denied-access-to-wetlands/" target="_blank">http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/genuine-fishermen-being-denied-access-to-wetlands/</a><br></span>
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Speakers tell roundtable; observe this deprives genuine fishermen of access to
water bodies. Engagement of too many government agencies in the wetland
management and flawed policies are depriving fishermen of access to the
country’s water bodies or jalmahals, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Pakistan: Unhygienic conditions at KFH stir up EU concerns</b><br>
<a href="http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183/1228635/" target="_blank">http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183/1228635/</a><br></span>
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The poor operation of fish harbour has stirred up the EU's concerns over the
growing unhygienic conditions at key installations, asking the authorities
concerned for an effective control. "There are fears the EU may reject
seafood export consignments from Pakistan to its markets after its inspectors
once against pointed at poor fisheries conditions, sources told Business
Recorder on Thursday...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Sri Lanka: 10 Sri Lankan fishermen held by Indian Coast Guard<br>
</b><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/10-sri-lankan-fishermen-held-by-indian-coast-guard-113090301199_1.html" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/10-sri-lankan-fishermen-held-by-indian-coast-guard-113090301199_1.html</a><br>
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The Indian Coast Guard Tuesday said it had apprehended ten Sri Lankan fishermen
and their two boats in August and handed them to Tamil Nadu Police. In a
statement issued here, the Coast Guard said its ship Viswast, while on patrol,
apprehended a Sri Lankan fishing boat Aug 31 with five crew members and 155 kg
fish catch...<b><br>
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