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A Tepco official wearing radioactive protective gear stands in front of Advanced Liquid Processing Systems during a media tour at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in November 2014. Photo:AP

Science vs Human fears Radiation risk looming at Fukushima

Japan has yet to reach consensus on what to do with a million tons of radioactive water.

26 Nov 2017 2:51 AM GMT

Researchers conducted their two-part study using corals collected from waters off the North Carolina coast. (Photo: Pixabay)

Corals in Atlantic Ocean to have stricter preservation rules

Environmentalists, regulators and harvesters of species including squid, scallops and lobster have debated the proposal...

31 Jan 2018 2:08 AM GMT

Most of the turtles caught in the study were green turtles (86 per cent), though loggerhead and olive ridley turtles were also caught. (Photo: ANI)

Lights on fishnets can save turtles, dolphins: Study

LED lights along the top of floating gillnets cut accidental 'bycatch' of sea turtles by over 70 per cent & small...

16 Dec 2019 7:39 AM GMT

Pham Thi Ca, 99, was offered money to move from her home in Vietnam as authorities hoovered up land for a planned USD 2.6 billion Japanese-funded coal plant. (Photo: AFP)

Age no bar for courage

Meet Grandma Ca: The 99-year-old standing up to Vietnam's coal rush.

22 May 2019 1:25 PM GMT

The method makes use of the horses strength to pull a fishing net through the shallow waters just before and after low tide. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Belgian fishing village maintains fishing tradition for 600 years

In Belgium, horses pull shrimp nets in tradition unchanged since 15th century.

31 July 2019 5:32 AM GMT

The video was posted on Twitter by Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, an organisation that works on great white shark research and conservation. (Photo: Twitter @A_WhiteShark | video screengrab)

Watch: Shark jumps out of water, snatches fish from line

Doug Nelson, who filmed the video, said that the shark gave them a pretty good scare'.

22 July 2019 11:14 AM GMT

Fishing boats are seen moored as a part of precautionary measures ahead of Cyclone Vayu that spared the Gujarat coastline at Veraval Port on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Coast Guard asks Gujarat fishermen to stay alert, cites possible...

Coast Guard had shared an input stating "anti-national elements may try to attack or infiltrate along the coast" in May.

15 May 2020 10:58 AM GMT

Monkfish. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ugly delicacy? Industry touts weird looking Monkfish

Monkfish are predatory fish that camouflage themselves on the ocean bottom and can grow to be about 5 feet long.

2 March 2018 9:53 AM GMT

In the last two years, the state produced 6.92 lakh tonnes of salt and freshwater fish.

Study shows throwing back big fish, especially females helps conserve...

A single female fish may release anywhere between 11 to almost 58 million eggs per clutch, they found.

11 May 2018 3:17 AM GMT

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Get your baits ready, let's go fishing!

Mayank Kumar, another undergraduate student feels that trends have a short life and not everyone follows them.

24 Aug 2018 12:18 AM GMT

Their boat impounded by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters. (Photo: Representational Image)

Choppy weather hits fishing, boats anchored

The quaint fishing villages including-Uttan, Pali and Chowk and Manori is home to over 800 fishing boats in the region.

30 Aug 2017 9:30 PM GMT

The 76-tonne fishing boat Daifukumaru capsized in the Sea of Japan just off Shimane prefecture on the western coast early Wednesday morning, leaving one dead and eight missing. (Representational Image)

Indian fishermen try new nets for healthier oceans

No one in 180 villages of Sindhudurg district expected to have problems fishing, after centuries of their families...

3 Jun 2017 7:42 AM GMT