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<div><b><span style="font-family:'times new roman',serif">Jammu and Kashmir: Water Tiger: Kashmir Loses Mahseer, Its Pride Fish</span><br></b></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://freepresskashmir.com/water-tiger-kashmir-loses-mahseer-its-pride-fish-063928/" target="_blank">http://freepresskashmir.com/water-tiger-kashmir-loses-mahseer-its-pride-fish-063928/</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">The Mahseer, known among Kashmiri anglers as “tiger in the water”, all but vanished after Pakistan constructed a dam in the late 1960s that stopped the fish from migrating to India. Earlier conservationists said they were breeding the Mahseer and hope to release them in rivers in Kashmir. The programme which was the result of a peace process between India and Pakistan that has led to a drop in violence in the region, failed bitterly...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Assam: Ban on fishing in Lakhimpur dist</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2614/state05" target="_blank">http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2614/state05</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">The Lakhimpur district authority has imposed restrictions on fishing and killing fishes in this breeding season for saving the fish progeny, an officialorder of the Additional District Magistrate GK Pegu stated. The ban has been clamped under Section 144 of the CrPC with effect from May 22 to July 15, 2014...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Gujarat: India releases 32 Pak fishermen</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/india-releases-32-pak-fishermen_935568.html" target="_blank">http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/india-releases-32-pak-fishermen_935568.html</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"> Reciprocating Pakistan's gesture, India on Wednesday released 32 Pakistani fishermen lodged in Kutch district and they were already on their way to Wagah border in Punjab to return to their country. "These 32 fishermen from Pakistan have been in Joint Interrogation Centre for almost six months...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Maharashtra: NGT directs JNPT, ONGC to deposit Rs 30 crore in four weeks</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ngt-directs-jnpt-ongc-to-deposit-rs-30-crore-in-four-weeks-114052901478_1.html" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ngt-directs-jnpt-ongc-to-deposit-rs-30-crore-in-four-weeks-114052901478_1.html</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">The National Green Tribunal has directed Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and ONGC to deposit Rs 30 crore in an escrow account with the Raigad's collector in Maharashtra for disbursing it as compensation among fishermen displaced due to expansion activities...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Goa: Have separate ministry for fishermen's welfare: GRE</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Have-separate-ministry-for-fishermens-welfare-GRE/articleshow/35612501.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Have-separate-ministry-for-fishermens-welfare-GRE/articleshow/35612501.cms</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) has urged the BJP government to carve out a separate ministry for fisheries and fishermen's welfare to redress the long-pending grievances of the fishermen community...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Karnataka: Fish still unaffordable for many as prices soar</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mangalore/Fish-still-unaffordable-for-many-as-prices-soar/articleshow/35555025.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mangalore/Fish-still-unaffordable-for-many-as-prices-soar/articleshow/35555025.cms</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">With inclement weather affecting the coast for the past fortnight, the prices of fish, especially premium fish, have headed north. Seer (whole), which used to retail at Rs 650 per kilogram, has touched Rs 750 to Rs 800 and seer fillets will cost close to Rs 1,000...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Kerala: Sea safety course for fishermen proposed</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140528/nation-current-affairs/article/sea-safety-course-fishermen-proposed" target="_blank">http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140528/nation-current-affairs/article/sea-safety-course-fishermen-proposed</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"> The K.A. Sairabanu committee has proposed that all fishermen undergo a sea safety and navigation course for three days. All fishing vessels should also have radio communication facilities. The committee also wanted the mesh size of nets to be regulated...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Puducherry: Fishing equipment gutted in Puducherry</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/fishing-equipment-gutted-in-puducherry/article6051446.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/fishing-equipment-gutted-in-puducherry/article6051446.ece</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Tension prevailed in Nallavadu village after fishing net and equipment worth about Rs. 30 lakh and a government building where they were stocked were extensively damaged in a fire in the wee hours of Monday. With the 45-day trawling ban in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coming to an end on May 30, fishermen had repaired and kept their nets ready for the next season...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Tamil Nadu: Meen' Madness Set to Return at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour </b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Meen-Madness-Set-to-Return-at-Kasimedu-Fishing-Harbour/2014/05/29/article2250843.ece1" target="_blank">http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Meen-Madness-Set-to-Return-at-Kasimedu-Fishing-Harbour/2014/05/29/article2250843.ece1</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Kasimedu Fishing Harbour, which has been fairly desolate over the course of the annual fishing ban — between the intervening night of April 14 and 15 and until midnight on May 29 — will soon return to its former bustling state as the fisherfolk wait eagerly to venture out into the sea...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Tamil Nadu: Fisherman killed by pirates to be buried today</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Madurai/Fisherman-killed-by-pirates-to-be-buried-today/articleshow/35699936.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Madurai/Fisherman-killed-by-pirates-to-be-buried-today/articleshow/35699936.cms</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">The body of Thomas Gildus, 47, who was shot dead by pirates in Bahrain waters, arrived at his native village Rajakkamangalamthurai in Kanyakumari district late on Wednesday night. The body was flown to Trivandrum airport and brought to Rajakkamangalamthruai by road. The funeral mass has been scheduled for Thursday morning at Arockia Annai Church in Rajakkamangalamthurai, said Sahaya Leemarose, a relative of Thomas...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Andhra Pradesh: Fishing industry looksfor bailout package</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/fishing-industry-looksfor-bailout-package/article6046448.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/fishing-industry-looksfor-bailout-package/article6046448.ece</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Hopes the new government would come to its rescue. With the seafood industry finding itself in troubled waters due to a variety of reasons, the exporters and trawler operators are baying for a bailout package from the new government at the Centre. Achieving the export target of $15 billion by 2015 turning into a Herculean task, the industry is looking at a booster dose with a slew of incentives...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Odisha: Odisha seafood exports show a surge </b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=29&id=68822&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=" target="_blank">http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=29&id=68822&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Seafood exports from Odisha state have shown an impressive surge due to the increase in international demand for Indian shrimp and the weakening of Indian rupee. Seafood export value from the State rose from INR 9,500 million (USD 161 million) in the fiscal year 2012-13 to INR 18,000 million (USD 306 million) in 2013-14 (1 April 2013-31 March 2014), representing an increase of more than 105 per cent...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>India: ASEAN: A House Divided</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinion/ASEAN-A-House-Divided/2014/05/28/article2249042.ece" target="_blank">http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinion/ASEAN-A-House-Divided/2014/05/28/article2249042.ece</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">China has recently installed a $1 billion oil exploration rig in South China Sea. Vietnam naturally reacted vehemently; Hanoi even expelled ethnic Chinese working in Vietnam for anti-Vietnam activities. The Philippines, which also has territorial claims in the South China Sea, expressed its resentment a few days ago over Chinese moves to reclaim land around Johnson South Reef of the Spratly Islands, possibly to build an airstrip...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>India: Submit wetland plan: National Green Tribunal</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Submit-wetland-plan-National-Green-Tribunal/articleshow/35695717.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Submit-wetland-plan-National-Green-Tribunal/articleshow/35695717.cms</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"> The National Green Tribunal has directed the ministry of environment and forests and the Delhi government to identify and assess the status of wetlands in the capital. It has also directed them to submit a plan for conservation and management of the wetlands...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Sri Lanka: Ministry Warns Fishermen</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2014/05/25/ministry-warns-fishermen/" target="_blank">http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2014/05/25/ministry-warns-fishermen/</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">The Ministry of Fisheries has decided to charge Sri Lankan fishermen who violate international maritime laws and cross into Indian waters with a fine of Rs 1.5 million plus two years imprisonment, said Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries Dr. D.M.R. Dissanayake...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Sri lanka: Abandoned widows in Sri Lanka get back on their feet through solidarity</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Abandoned-widows-in-Sri-Lanka-get-back-on-their-feet-through-solidarity-31216.html" target="_blank">http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Abandoned-widows-in-Sri-Lanka-get-back-on-their-feet-through-solidarity-31216.html</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Thanks to an initiative by the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO) in Negombo (Western Province), a group of women were given tools to earn a living: fishing rods, sewing and baking machines, and more. All were internal displaced, widowed by war or the tsunami or abandoned by their husbands...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Pakistan: Fisheries sector is an important source of export earnings for the country</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://paktribune.com/news/Importance-of-fisheries-By-Ahsan-269331.html" target="_blank">http://paktribune.com/news/Importance-of-fisheries-By-Ahsan-269331.html</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">The fisheries sector is an important source of export earnings for the country. The sector is, however, facing difficulties for the past few years due to the issue of non-compliance with the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS). This situation has led to the imposition of frequent bans on Pakistan's fish exports to the European Union (EU), which is an important market...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Bangladesh: Shrimp Farming; Recipe for Disaster</b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/blog/shrimp-farming-recipe-for-disaster/" target="_blank">http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/blog/shrimp-farming-recipe-for-disaster/</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">In my last post I was talking about one of the world’s most destructive fishing methods; bottom trawling for shrimp. This is the way most wild shrimp are caught and it has created an environmental disaster in terms of destruction of the seabed and what lives there. Bottom trawling has to end if we are to have sustainable fisheries in the future...</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Bangladesh: Hilsa selling centres of Barisal busy again </b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/aug/26/hilsa-selling-centres-barisal-busy-again" target="_blank">http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/aug/26/hilsa-selling-centres-barisal-busy-again</a></font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Hilsa selling centres of Barisal district have become busy again with the start of the monsoon season. Fishermen started netting Hilsa after an interval of around three months. Traders demanded that export of Hilsa be resumed soon...</font></div>
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