Dr. Mohd Ashraf Rather 
Northern Ireland’s Marine Environment and Fisheries Fund offers £3.05m for fishing, aquaculture and marine projects — but every project must be finished and claimed by 31 March 2027. Here are the six themes and how to apply.
20 exam-ready MCQs on India’s marine fisheries: CMFRI’s 2024 landing figures, the 61-day fishing ban, EEZ facts and the scientific names examiners love — with a full answer key.
NOAA Fisheries proposes a 9.2-million-pound Atlantic spiny dogfish quota for 2026 and biomass-linked overage paybacks under Framework Adjustment 7. Comments close 12 November 2026 — this proposal is not yet a final rule.
ICAR-CMFRI Vizhinjam invites applications for 2 Field Assistant posts at Rs. 20,000/month. B.F.Sc. or B.Sc. Zoology with field survey and marine fish taxonomy experience; bio-data by email by 18 November 2026, 5 PM; interview 25 November 2026.
ICAR-CMFRI’s 2026 training calendar lists 3 upcoming courses: Fish Seed Production at Vizhinjam (5-14 Nov, 30 seats), Water & Sediment Analysis at Kochi (9-17 Nov, 20 seats) and Zooplankton Diversity (1-18 Dec, 25 seats). Dates are tentative; fees to be confirmed with coordinators.
NOAA’s Gulf of Alaska aquaculture workshops in Anchorage, Juneau and Kodiak drew 100+ growers, Tribal representatives and researchers — shaping a new planning atlas and the Aquaculture Explorer webtool due by end of 2026.
50+ fishers met at Kochi on 12 Oct to shape India’s National Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries — demanding pay for weather-lost days, traditional rights and recognition for women fish workers, ahead of the 21 Nov draft.
Fishing pressure in the Mediterranean and Black Sea fell by half in a decade and assessed biomass rose 25% — but 52% of stocks are still overfished. Here is what the GFCM report really says.
MPEDA and Odisha just mapped a 7-point plan to take the state beyond shrimp — mud crab, scampi, tuna, GI branding and full traceability. Here is what fishers and exporters gain.
Vietnam produced nearly 7.9 million tonnes of fish in nine months and exported $9.1 billion of seafood — shrimp and pangasius lead, but a tough Q4 decides the $12 billion target.