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For more than 400 years, the Gulf of Maine has anchored New England's fishing heritage; today, warming waters are bringing black sea bass into one of the planet's fastest-warming marine ecosystemsOcean warming allows black sea bass to expand their range northward. These fish mature faster in colder northern waters, impacting assessme...
In 1985, the first invasive lionfish was spotted off Florida after aquarium releases; within decades, it had spread across much of the Caribbean and US Atlantic coast, devastating reef fish that had no natural defense against itA single lionfish spotted in Florida in 1985 has spiraled into one of the most alarming marine invasions. These venomous, fast-reproducing ...
Maine’s Lobster Decline Reveals a Climate and Fishery CrisisAmerican lobster landings in the Gulf of Maine have significantly declined, with catches falling to their lowest point since 2008. This tre...
Tragedy off America's oldest seaport claims 7 lives as fishing boat sinks in frigid watersA fishing boat named Lily Jean sank off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Seven people lost their lives in the marine disaster. The s...
Operation Crayweed: How scientists are reviving Sydney’s lost underwater forestsOperation Crayweed, a pioneering project in Sydney, is restoring vital underwater forests devastated by pollution. Scientists and volunteer...
Ocean dumping - or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbonPlanetary Technologies in Nova Scotia uses magnesium oxide to reduce carbon dioxide via the ocean, backed by $1 million from Elon Musk's fo...
Next food frontier: Fish made from plants, or in a labAs sophisticated fish alternatives begin to attract investment and land at restaurants in the U.S. and beyond, people who track the fishles...
Agricultural, Marine export bodies may move out of Commerce MinistryAs part of the exercise, it may move apex export promotion bodies of these products – Agricultural and Processed Food products Export Devel...
Conservation success or pests? Seals spark passionate debate
Climate change threatening underwater forests: StudyClimate change is affecting biodiversity on a global scale. In the marine realm, ocean warming and acidification are pushing dominant habit...
Marine industry panel identifies ten fishery in India for MSC certificationA panel discussion jointly organized by CMFRI, MSC and World Wildlife-India decided to start fishery improvement projects for species inclu...
- Ban disposal of micro-plastic into sea, fishers forum urges Centre
The National Fisherfolk Forum (NFF) has urged the central government to ban the disposal of micro-plastic into the sea.
- CMFRI to boost marine fish seed production
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 (IANS) The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute's (CMFRI) recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) set up a...
- CMFRI focusses on production and conservation mariculture
To give a fillip to fish conservation and production, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Vizag has identified 74 spec...
Science explains why lobster is so incredibly expensiveUnlike with most fisheries, there aren't any commercial farms to cheaply provide a lot of lobsters.
Slow Food: Indian consumer rediscovering a taste for local ingredients, over the aspirational importedEver since it was kickstarted by Carlo Petrini in Rome in the mid-1980s, the Slow Food movement has been garnering steady support from diff...
Open sea cage farming model of Gujarat Siddis to get technological pushThe initiative is also aimed at bringing a paradigm shift in traditional fishing and introducing anglers to fish farming.
- Fish production in West Bengal may cross 2K metric tons by 2015: Assocham
Growing at compounded annual growth rate of about 5%, fish production in West Bengal may cross 2,000 metric tons mark by 2015 from the curr...
- Cage farming of mullet gains popularity
With the gourmet fishes becoming popular in Indian restaurants, demand has outstripped supply as wild catches are declining.
- Marine and fish industry to reach Rs 68K crore by 2015: Assocham
Industry body Assocham has said that the marine and fish industry in India is expected to touch a figure of 68k by 2015.