Dr. Mohd Ashraf Rather 
The African Development Bank and Shanghai Ocean University will pay full tuition, accommodation, meals and a monthly stipend for a fisheries, aquaculture or marine science degree in China — Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD. Deadline: 12 November 2026.
Bihar will pay 60% of the cost of a half-acre pearl farming unit — up to about ₹1.35 lakh — and has already trained 89 farmers in Patna. How the scheme works, what a unit costs, and how to apply.
Trawls, gillnets, purse seines, dol nets — 20 exam-style MCQs on India’s fishing crafts and gears, with answer key and explanations. From the 35 mm mesh rule to the Supreme Court’s 2026 purse-seine order, this is the revision set CIFE and ICAR aspirants keep getting asked.
NOAA’s new groundfish rule lets West Coast boats fish with one buoy line instead of two — saving fishermen time and money while cutting the ropes that entangle humpback whales. Colour-coded gear marking starts 11 January 2027.
ICAR-CIBA Chennai is hiring one Young Professional-II at ₹42,000/month for a pearlspot germ-cell speed-breeding project. Apply online by 22 November 2026.
NOAA’s Hollings Scholarship pays up to $9,500 a year plus a $700-a-week summer internship at a NOAA facility. US citizens in their second year of college can apply — deadline Sunday 31 January 2027.
In Rameswaram’s Palk Bay, women farmers grow red seaweed that becomes carrageenan – and one farmer raised her income 50% by selling direct. How the trade works, what PMMSY pays, and what still holds it back.
On Saturday 21 November, the world marks 29 years of World Fisheries Day — and the numbers behind it are sobering: more than 600 million livelihoods depend on fisheries, yet sustainably fished stocks have fallen to 62.4%. Here is the history, the 2026 data, and what India has planned for the day.
Four Caribbean nations have put a $1 million insurance policy on their coral reefs — payouts of up to $150,000 per storm, no damage survey, and local fishers get paid to repair the damage. Here is how it works, and why India is watching.
Odisha’s Cyclone Arnab relief package pays marine and Chilika fishers ₹60,000 for damaged boats and ₹15,000 for nets — plus up to ₹1,12,500 per hectare for affected fish farmers.