Dr. Mohd Ashraf Rather 
Hatch Blue and Conservation International Ventures open the 2027 Women in Ocean Food Innovation Studio in La Paz, Mexico — 9 days on site plus 12 months of support, with travel covered. Applications close 7 November 2026.
India’s first parametric cyclone insurance pilot paid 2,500 Cuddalore families up to ₹25,000 on wind-speed triggers — no damage survey, no claim queue. Here’s how it works, and why Bengal’s fishers are now demanding the same.
NOAA’s Status of Stocks 2025 report puts US overfishing at an all-time low of 15 stocks, with blue marlin off the list for the first time since 1998 and 52 stocks rebuilt since 2000 — but 42 remain overfished.
Maharashtra has laid the foundation stone for a ₹23-crore multi-species fish seed centre at Ubhadanda, Sindhudurg — targeting one crore Jitada seeds, local jobs and women SHG livelihoods on the Konkan coast.
Iceland landed 102,000 tonnes in September 2026, down 23% — but the fall was all pelagic. Demersal landings barely moved, and the 12-month trend tells a calmer story.
CMFRI Vizhinjam is hiring one Young Professional-I (NICRA) at ₹30,000/month. M.F.Sc/M.Sc in fisheries-related branches can apply by email before 18 November 2026; interview on 25 November for shortlisted candidates.
Montana has opened ~$400,000 in winter grants for wild-fish habitat projects — and applications close at 11:59 p.m. on 15 November 2026. Here is who can apply, what gets funded, and how to apply.
CIFE is not CIFT. CIFA is not CIBA. Twenty MCQs on India’s fisheries institutes — CMFRI, CIFA, CIFT, CIBA and more — each with an answer and the revision point behind it, plus a master table to memorise.
Ireland’s seafood leaders say 2026 quota cuts cost producers over €200 million — and the December 2027 quota deal will decide whether coastal towns recover or sink further.
CMFRI Veraval station is hiring a Project Associate-II (Rs. 28,000 + HRA) and a Project Assistant (Rs. 20,000 + HRA) for seaweed research. Email applications close 19 November 2026 at 5 PM.