Dr. Mohd Ashraf Rather 
Kerala’s fisheries department counts 1,607 accidents at sea in the last ten years — Ernakulam alone accounts for 582. Here is what causes them, what compensation fishing families actually get, and the claim deadlines that decide whether the money arrives.
Canada’s ISMER-UQAR is recruiting up to 10 PhD students in oceanography for Fall 2027, each worth $25,000 a year for three years. Applications close 5 February 2027 — and you need a supervisor’s letter first.
India’s first open-sea fish farm is running off the Andaman coast — NIOT-built cages, seabass and cobia, plus deep-water seaweed for local fishers. Here’s how it works.
Norway exported salmon worth a record NOK 13 billion in October 2026 — yet total seafood exports were flat, because wild-caught cod, mackerel and clipfish kept falling. The official Norwegian Seafood Council numbers, species by species.
Applications for the Joint CSIR-UGC NET December 2026 close tonight, 5 November, at 11:50 pm. One sitting of the Life Sciences & Bio-Technology paper can now win a CSIR, UGC or DBT fellowship worth ₹37,000 a month — here are the dates, eligibility, fees and how fisheries graduates should apply.
Springer has opened Aquaculture 4.0 — Genomics, AI and IoT for sustainable production and health management — in The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology (IF 1.7). No APC, guest-edited by Dr Mohd Ashraf Rather of SKUAST-Kashmir. Submit by 27 July 2027.
Maldives’ Aaruveri grant pays 40% of approved fishery project costs — five windows open, but proposals close at noon on 30 November 2026.
From the 1897 Indian Fisheries Act to PMMSY and the Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act, 20 exam-ready MCQs on India’s fisheries laws and policies with an answer key and short explanations for ICAR, ARS and state exams.
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism and Africa’s Atlantic fisheries body ATLAFCO have signed a cooperation pact covering illegal fishing, aquaculture, seafood traceability, climate resilience and sargassum. Here is what it actually commits to — and what it does not.
ICAR-CMFRI’s Karwar station is hiring one Young Professional-I for its Black Seabream farming project at ₹30,000 a month. Applications by email close on 20 November 2026; the tentative interview is 9 December.