India’s First Open-Sea Fish Farm: How NIOT’s Cages Work
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’s Salmon Hits Record High — Cod Crashes
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.
CSIR NET Dec 2026: ₹37,000 JRF — Apply Tonight!
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.
Aquaculture 4.0 Call — No APC, Submit by 27 July 2027
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 Grants 40% for Fish Projects — Nov 30
Maldives’ Aaruveri grant pays 40% of approved fishery project costs — five windows open, but proposals close at noon on 30 November 2026.
Fisheries Acts MCQs: 20 Questions Every Aspirant Must Ace
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.
Africa–Caribbean Fisheries Pact Signed — What It Means
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.
CMFRI Karwar YP-I Job: ₹30,000/Month, Apply by Nov 20
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.
7 Universities, 1 Ship Degree — Apply by Jan 31
EMship, the Erasmus Mundus joint master in advanced design of sustainable ships and offshore structures, has opened applications for 2027–28 across 7 European universities. Scholarship-track applications close 31 January 2027 — here are the deadlines, eligibility, fees and documents.
Manipur Bets ₹4 Crore on Its Own Native Fish
Manipur University has secured an approximately ₹4-crore PMMSY project to breed indigenous fish like Pengba, as the state faces a 19,500-tonne annual fish shortfall. Here is what the project does, what it does not promise yet, and what farmers should do next.