08/02/13: Rice-fish farming; WAS website and more...

Integrated rice-fish farming is the need of the hour says, the Financial Express, Bangladesh. Although rice production is well-established in the country, fish farming lags behind. However, around 10.14 million hectares of rice fields, there is scope to integrate fish production and rice farming. In addition to increasing fish production, combined rice-fish production can also improve productivity and profitability of rice farming.
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The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) website is undergoing a makeover with the new look site due to go live on February 20, 2013. The team are encouraging people attending the Nashville meeting stop by the WAS booth, take a look and give some feedback.


A fisherman in South Africa has become the first person to be convicted of killing a great white shark. Leon Bekker, of George, Western Cape, was found to have violated the Marine Living Resources Act which includes attempting to kill, disturb or be in possession of a white shark without a permit.

English: A great white shark approaches divers in a cage off Dyer Island, Western Cape, South Africa. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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