logo
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
              
logo 11/27/2024 1:47:18 AM     
Rare ornamental fish from Assam on the brink of extinction 
By Anuraag Baruah IN Source: mongabay 11/17/2021

Channa barca or the Barca snakehead fish, a rare species of snakehead endemic to the upper Brahmaputra river basin in northeastern India and Bangladesh.
Since it is a rare, ornamental fish, it is in high demand in the international market and is susceptible to illegal trade. But it still does not have significant legal protection.
There have been proposals to include it as a scheduled animal in India’s wildlife laws while some experts say that if the government wants to exploit the commercial value of the ornamental fish, it should be done through captive breeding and monoculture.
 

It’s late May and it has been raining continuously since the last three days. The beels and ponds of Orang National Park in Assam are filling up again. Monsoon is here and so is the season to make some extra bucks, Jalaluddin thought to himself. He has already discussed this with a few local fishermen of the fringe villages of the Park. If they can catch the ‘Pipli Cheng’ fish for him, he has promised to reward them handsomely. The buyer in Guwahati has promised him Rs. 35,000 for a single ‘Pipli Cheng’ fish. Even if he has to pay Rs. 10,000 for a single fish to the fisherman, he can still make a decent profit, Jalaluddin knows.

 
Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
2176Я стал зимним рыбакомОхотники.ру2023-01-18RU
2177BSA certified angler instructor extols the virtues of ice fishingscoutingmagazine2023-01-03US
2178Record-Sized Sturgeon Caught Near Stillwaterstcroix3602023-01-02US
2179Indonesian coastal community embraces sustainable fishing challengeeco-business2023-01-06ID
2180Japanese exchange student successful with sturgeon his first time ice fishingstcroix3602023-01-06US
2181Fish ear bones, otoliths, teach scientists about marine life and seafood fraudABC Pilbara2023-01-07AU
2182What you need to know to catch fish in Maine this monthbangordailynews2023-01-07ME
2183Bottom trawlers venturing close to shore 'killing it' for recreational fishersstuff2023-01-02NZ
2184Maine’s plan for saving the Arctic charr in a Somerset County lake is illogicalbangordailynews2023-01-03US
2185Mi’kmaq Farms to quadruple fish production with expansion in 2023bangordailynews2022-12-14US
2186Maine won’t see any large-scale fish farms open for yearsbangordailynews2023-01-02US
2187Puffer fish poison is 1200 times more deadly than cyanideagupdate2023-01-02US
2188Dokken: Minot angler catches pending North Dakota state record burbotechopress2023-01-12US
218918-year-old angler on track to catch all 54 fish native to Minnesotaechopress2023-01-15US
2190Duluth author compiles new bible for fly anglersechopress2023-01-20US
2191Good days or bad, Curt Quesnell tells it like it is on Lake of the Woodsechopress2023-01-20CA
2192Quebec lake named top ice fishing destination in CanadaCTV News2023-01-17CA
2193Sooke one of the best places to fish in Canada: surveysaanichnews2023-01-19CA
2194Study aims to unmask fishing vessels, and owners, obscured by loopholesmongabay2023-01-20CA
2195Hawaii fisherman missing, went overboard after hooking tuna and telling friend: 'The fish is huge'Fox News2023-01-17US
2196Plan outlines First Nations-led salmon farming transition in BCThe Fish Site2023-01-19CA
2197Volare to open Finland's first insect-for-aquafeed fly farmThe Fish Site2023-01-20FI
2198Feds Try to Improve Fishing Data With New Monitoring RulesAssociated Press2023-01-20US
2199Зимняя глубинная рыбалка без насадкиОхотники.ру2023-01-16RU
2200Fisherman 'shocked' that big fish was actually rotting human corpse of missing studentdailystar2023-01-03UK

134 135 136 87 of [137 - pages.]