Fishing cats are listed as vulnerable species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List. The Dankuni wetlands, located less than 10 km away from the spot where the cat ...

Trawlers, both large and small, require LPG cylinders to cook food for the crew, who usually venture into the sea for at least a week at a stretch while fishing ...

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has apprehended three Bangladeshi fishing boats (BFBs) along with 79 crew members for illegal fishing inside India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Northern Bay of ...

Kolkata: A China-made fishing net, which has been prohibited in Bangladesh for at least four years now, but still employed extensively across Bengal, has recently been banned by the state.TOI had last ...

Demonstrating heightened maritime vigilance, the Indian Coast Guard apprehended a Bangladeshi fishing boat with 28 crew members for illegal fishing within India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the ...

The Coast Guard detained 37 fishermen along with three artisanal trawling boats while they were fishing illegally in the Bay of Bengal. The detainees were sent to a Bagerhat court on Friday morning.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) intercepted the Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) Maa Basanti on Friday while it was allegedly smuggling around 400 to 450 gunny bags suspected to contain betel nuts worth ...