Kochi, July 7 (IANS) Lakshadweep has drawn up an ambitious five-year roadmap to more than double its annual tuna and tuna-like fish production to 50,000 tonnes, with a comprehensive strategy focusing on deep-sea fishing, mariculture, seaweed farming, and modern fisheries infrastructure to transform the archipelago into a major hub of India’s blue economy.The perspective plan, prepared by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) as the nodal agency, was finalised at a stakehol…
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Kochi, April 28 (IANS) The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has called for making traceability mandatory in the fishmeal and fish oil sector, as rising demand raises concerns over sustainability and unregulated sourcing.The demand emerged at a stakeholder consultation convened by the CMFRI, where marine scientists, industry representatives and policymakers stressed that end-to-end traceability from harvest to processing to final consumption is critical to curb Illegal, Un…
Kochi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Centre has called for a comprehensive scientific and socio-economic assessment before considering year-round integrated paddy–fish farming in Kerala’s ecologically sensitive Pokkali fields, signalling a cautious approach to policy changes that could have wide-ranging economic and environmental implications.Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Ramnath Thakur on Tuesday said a detailed study was essential to evaluate whether round-the-year fish far…