LAHORE - The Faculty of Fisheries and Wildlife of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore observed the World Fisheries Day on its Ravi Campus Pattoki in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission and British Council’s INSPIRE project. The day was observed with the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Improved fishing nets have saved tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles in recent years, but 4,600 are still dying annually, mainly in Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawls, said a US study on Wednesday. Turtle-excluder devices (TEDs), or large holes that allow the creatures to ...

QUETTA - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide financial assistance of $ 25million for development of fisheries, livestock and agriculture sectors in coastal districts of Gwadar and Lasbela in Balochistan. This commitment has come forth due to the keen interest shown ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), a joint initiative of the Ministry of Finance, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) would continue its efforts to assist the fisheries sector in Pakistan in 2010. Pakistan has a fish and seafood industry that ...

Pakistan and China on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote cooperation in river fisheries and related technologies. President Asif Ali Zardari was also present at the signing ceremony between Indus River Fresh Water Fisheries Research Institute and Pearl River Fishery Research ...

KARACHI - Finally, the National Fisheries Policy 2006 has reached its stakeholders, the people who fight for the rights of the fisher folk; but what lacks in the approach is the fact that it has shortcomings of its own. In this regards a consultative workshop was held on 'Fishing Rights, ...