Great Lakes Fisheries Research In Pakistan

Great great great! Stunning win helps Windies smile again

“Great great great!!! Well done Windies!!! #silence #wankhede #WestindiesvsEngland #ICCWT20 #finals proud to be West Indian,” tweeted Caribbean legend Brian Lara...

NY explorers find 1872 shipwreck of rare Great Lakes vessel

ALBANY: The 144-year-old shipwreck of a rare sailing vessel that typically wasn’t used for long voyages on the Great Lakes has been found in deep water off Lake Ontario’s New York shore, according to two underwater explorers...

Only a few scow-sloops sailed the Great Lakes, Kennard said...

Once a small town staple, lotus lakes are disappearing

In fact, across the Potohar region, such lakes have been shrinking due to neglect on the part of local horticulture and irrigation departments...

Many lotus lakes, particularly those next to temples, have dried up...

Many glacial lakes crop up in Himalayan region

ISLAMABAD: Many glacial lakes have cropped up in the Himalayan region with many of them being dangerous and volatile...

This was stated by the experts highlighted that the glaciers were shrinking the world over as a result more lakes are emerging the mountainous regions...

Crops in danger as lakes start drying up in Kohat

KOHAT: Water level in the rain-fed lakes has come down to a dead level due to persisting drought, which has endangered the maize crop and vegetables...

Sindh’s lakes drying due to water scarcity, encroachment

KARACHI: The historical lakes of Sindh, which have also been declared wildlife sanctuaries, are shrinking due to a host of reasons including reduced supply of water and encroachment, it emerged on Sunday...

“Insufficient water supply and encroachment are making the situation worse at the lakes,” according to official documents reviewed by Dawn...

Wildlife artist disappointed to see Haleji, Keenjhar lakes

KARACHI: “We were expecting a lot [of wildlife] to see at the Keenjhar and Haleji lakes during our visit to these water bodies last December...

This explains why most paintings of the artist, who is visiting Pakistan for the second time, have been created with the help of images provided by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan...

Frozen GB lakes turn into playgrounds for children

GILGIT: Fresh water lakes in Gilgit-Baltistan have been frozen turning them into playgrounds for children as temperature in the region has dropped to as low as minus 14 degree Celsius...

Taj said cricket and football were the most popular games played on the frozen lakes, besides the local games...

Dollars in the detail: banks pan for gold in ‘data lakes’

DATA LAKES: Using data to improve risk analysis, make faster credit decisions and anticipate customer needs is particularly appealing for banks looking to cut costs...

The bank hired Manuela Veloso, the head of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University, to be its head of AI research last year...

Rain emergency for livestock, fisheries declared

KARACHI: The Sindh livestock and fisheries ministry on Tuesday declared rain emergency in the wake of expected heavy rainfall across the province, cancelling official leaves with the instruction to make sure veterinary aid was available to animals, officials said...

The officials said as the Meteorological Department had predicted heavy rainfall and thundershower with gusty winds in the coming days across the province, Provincial...

Fisheries sector facing fund shortage

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Jam Khan Shoro has said the federal government collects all the taxes on various exportable products, including aquatic products being exported from Sindh, but it does not allocate funds for development of fisheries sector...

Due to lack of funds, the fisheries sector is yielding poor performance...

Fisheries bill

THIS is apropos the news report ‘Fishermen reject fisheries draft bill’ (May 1)...

The Fisheries Department has drafted ‘The Sindh Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2015,’ which has been submitted to the law department for vetting...

Probe into kidnapping of fisheries official, release ‘under deal’ ordered

THATTA: A grade-18 official of the fisheries department was kidnapped and held hostage for 15 hours before being released on Tuesday, allegedly under a deal between his kidnappers and Dhabeji police...

There were different accounts of what had actually happened with the victim, Aslam Ansari, the deputy director in the fisheries department, who returned to Thatta after narrating his ordeal to officials at the Dhabeji police station in...

Fishermen reject fisheries draft bill

KARACHI: Fishermen’s representatives at a progra­mme held on Thursday rejec­ted the proposed draft of the Sindh Fisheries and Aqua­cul­ture Bill, 2015 arguing that it would bring the controversial fishing contract sys­tem back to the provin­ce’s inland and marine wat­ers and deprive small fishermen of their livelihoods...

They were speaking at a provincial dialogue on fisheries policy and fisheries related legislation in Sindh...

Govt urged to develop bait fisheries management plan

KARACHI: Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday called upon the government to develop a broad-based bait fisheries management plan that they said was necessary to protect fish stocks, increase productivity and to realise the potential of this untapped fishery...

The workshop titled “Bait Fisheries Practices and Management in Pakistan” was organised at a hotel by World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P)...