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Dry weather to prevail over Tamil Nadu in coming days
The maximum temperature might surge and humid, uncomfortable weather is likely to prevail over the isolated places in the State, the Regional...
Coral reefs in Gulf of Mannar being bleached due to heatwave: TN...
It may be noted that Gulf of Mannar had 37 per cent of coral cover in 2005 and the cover increased to 42.9 per cent in 2009 due to complete halt of...
83 fishers aboard Kerala trawler held in T’kudi for trespassing
Thoothukudi Mechanised Boat Owners Association said most of the fishermen from Kerala were straying outside their legal fishing zone and such...
Fishers flay illegal entry of Kerala trawlers into Thoothukudi waters
Despite the 61-day annual fishing ban along the east coast of Tamil Nadu from April, nearly a hundred trawlers from Kerala, were ‘trespassing into our...
TN launches Marine Elite Force, first of its kind in India to thwart...
Launching the new unit, State Forest Minister M Mathiventhan said this will write a new chapter in the conservation and protection of precious marine...
Awareness meet on dugong conservation held in Thanjavur
The Thanjavur District Forest Officer Akil Thampi said the dugongs are the rarest of rare marine mammal and around 150 dugongs are present in the...
New eel species found in Gulf of Mannar and Kochi coast
The holotype specimens of both new species are registered at the National Fish Museum and Repository, Lucknow.
Artificial reefs planned at Gulf of Mannar to restore dolphin habitat
An area of three acres has been selected near the Palk Bay region, while 1.5 acres have been selected near Kurusadai Island, Thalayari Island,...
