by Yugraj Singh Yadava | Mar 8, 2017 | Sustainable Marine Fisheries
In India, prior to 1998, a trawling ban was enforced only in the western State of Kerala. When I was the Fisheries Commissioner of India (1994 – 2000) we extended the ban (not only for trawling but for all mechanized boats) to all the nine coastal States and four...
by Mahatub Khan Badhon | Feb 20, 2017 | Shark
Studies on the abundance of shark population in Bangladesh’s waters are lacking. The lone source yet is the landing data kept by the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation— often fraught with errors or based on somewhat arbitrary estimates. However, during...
by Save Our Sea | Feb 13, 2017 | Sea Turtle
Bay of Bengal Sea Turtle Programme is accepting applications for volunteer positions for its in-situ conservation sites in Saint Martin’s Island. If you get selected, you’ll be assigned to help the local volunteers in beach-patrol, nest-protection, and...
by Mohammad Arju | Jan 1, 2017 | Marine Debris
So, here we are! On this first day of 2017, in front of a dead sea turtle on the beach of Saint Martin’s Island. The volunteers I’m traveling with are here to learn more about nesting sea turtles on the Island. But unfortunately, beside the dead Sea...
by Mohammad Arju | Nov 29, 2016 | Happy Island
It is true that what is left of the coral colonies in the Bay of Bengal around Saint Martin’s Island is almost a ruin. But it is not lost yet. Still, we’ve time to salvage the almost collapsed social-ecological systems of St. Martin’s Island. Peoples say the local...
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