Dr. Mohd Ashraf Rather 
From 1 November 2026 to 31 May 2027, sea fishing is banned within 20 km of Odisha’s Dhamara, Devi and Rushikulya river mouths — and all year at Gahirmatha — as Olive Ridley turtles return to nest.
Kenya Fisheries Service is hiring 11 senior officers — 3 Directors and 8 Deputy Directors. Pay up to Ksh 304,768 a month. Apply by 17 November 2026.
CIFNET’s 2027 sea-training notification is not out yet — but the 120 VNC and MFC seats, the Class 10 eligibility rule and the offline form are all known. Prepare now.
Canada just put $4.4 million behind salmon grown on land. Inside AquaBoreal’s RAS project in Quebec — and what Indian fish farmers can learn from it.
Chennai’s Pattinapakkam fishers skipped the 3 Nov Secretariat consultation over missing written invites — and the meeting is now postponed to 5 Nov.
CCRIF and the UN have built a hurricane cover for Caribbean fishing communities that releases funds up to 3 days before landfall — plus the COAST sector product and a microinsurance policy that pays fishers cash within 14 days.
ICAR-CIFRI and WorldFish report household incomes up 43–59% for participating tribal fishers at Odisha’s Rishia Reservoir after two years of scientific stocking, community management and better landing facilities. Here is the timeline, what actually changed, and what other reservoir villages can copy.
Skretting’s new LifeStart trio — InVita, Ignis and Optiline Starters — launches in Ecuador with a bold claim: up to 50% less Artemia in shrimp hatcheries. We check the numbers, the stages and what it means for India.
Gujarat kept India’s top spot with 7.54 lakh tonnes as marine landings dipped 2% to 3.47 million tonnes in 2024 — with Maharashtra surging 47% and Kerala’s sardine prices swinging from Rs. 400 to Rs. 20 a kilo.
VLIR-UOS ICP Connect scholarships 2027–28 are open: fully funded Aquaculture MSc (IMAQUA) at Ghent University, deadline 28 February 2027 — but only 25 countries are eligible. Check the list before you apply.