KARACHI: A number of Pakistani companies have been facing a temporary ban on exports of fish and fish preparations to China since January after detection of coronavirus in their shipments...
Qadri Noori Enterprise chief executive officer Manzar Alam told Dawn that around 50 companies have been exporting fish to China...
Karachi: A significant part of fish export earning now comprises fish meal, which is an alarming indicator of steep decline in the production of commercially important fish resources, said an expert at an event held in the arts auditorium of Karachi University on Monday...
Presenting data on the decline in fish catch, Mohammad Moazzam Khan, former director general of the marine fisheries department and now working with World Wide...
ISLAMABAD: Expressing dissatisfaction over Pakistan’s ranking in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), President Mamnoon Hussain urged the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday to net the big fish involved in corruption...
Take a look: Pakistan’s ranking in corruption index improves“Although there has been an improvement in Pakistan’s ranking in the CPI, this is not enough and we have to work more vigorously to combat the...
KARACHI: The federal government will cancel licences of all the units using small fish in manufacturing of chicken feed...
The banned net traps small fish and eggs used by processing units in making chicken feed...
SEOUL: Asian football minnows Bhutan and Guam are hoping to prove they can handle swimming with the big fish when the second round of regional qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup start from Thursday...
PESHAWAR: The district government Peshawar has decided to shift fish market from Ghanta Ghar to an alternative place near Haji Camp Bus Stand to restore the historical site and facilitate the vendors as well...
According to a statement, the participants agreed that the fish market should be shifted to an open area where the vendors could continue their business without creating problems for the citizens, motorists and visitors to the...
A whale shark was brought to the Karachi Fish Harbour early Thursday to be auctioned off to bidders, but harbour authorities said they will be arresting the fishermen who hauled it in because the fish is a rarity in Pakistani waters and not supposed to be hunted...
Back in 2010, another whale shark had been dragged to Hawksbay shore by fishermen whose nets the enormous fish had found itself entangled in...
ISLAMABAD: Water supply from the Rawal Dam was suspended on Saturday after a large number of dead fish were spotted in the lake, sparking fears that the waters had been poisoned or contaminated...
Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner Talat Mehmood Gondal said the dead fish were first discovered a few days ago, after recent rains raised the water level in the Rawal Lake...
Inland fish farming that progressed well between FY07 and FY12 has since been on the decline owing to the lack of needed investment...
In FY07, the then federal government in collaboration with provincial governments had provided an incentive package for fish farmers...
According to the financial stability report issued recently by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the share of small banks in overall profitability reduced to 5pc in 2016 from 8pc in the preceding year...
KARACHI: Pakistan’s fish and fish preparation exports went up by 20 per cent in quantity and 21...
35pc in value during 2016-17 due to price increase in world markets and higher landing of the catch...
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LAHORE: The government of Punjab is setting up a number of fisheries and fish farms that will turn the southern region of Punjab into "a hub of fisheries"...
Work is underway on construction of the "biggest fish seed hatchery in Asia" in Rajanpur, in southwestern Punjab, according to a tweet from the official account of the Punjab government...
NEW DELHI: A monkey that sneezes when it rains and a "walking" fish are among more than 200 species discovered in the fragile eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to conservation group World Wildlife Foundation (WWF)...
The species include what the WWF described as a blue-coloured "walking snakehead fish", which can breathe air, survive on land for four days and slither up to 400 metres on wet ground...
KARACHI: Fish exporters are feeling the pinch of a downtrend in global prices, with some of them saying foreign buyers are not ready to purchase Pakistani seafood products even at lower rates...
Exports volume of fish and its products remained almost the same at last year’s level of 15,000 tonnes in July-August 2015, but their value plunged to $32...