Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters

Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters

President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that is opposed by nearly all other nations, which consider international waters off limits to this kind of industrial activity. The executive order, signed Thursday, would circumvent a decades-old treaty that every major … Read more

India dismisses allegations of abusive conditions at shrimp farms

India dismisses allegations of abusive conditions at shrimp farms

India has emerged as one of the world’s largest shrimp exporters. | Photo Credit: AP India, now the biggest supplier of America’s favourite seafood — shrimps — has strongly refuted allegations of human rights and environmental abuses raised by a Chicago-based human rights group, and top Commerce Ministry officials will meet seafood exporters on Thursday … Read more

How Sake Club India is propelling the popularity of Japanese rice spirit sake

How Sake Club India is propelling the popularity of Japanese rice spirit sake

Sushi has been gaining popularity in India for over a decade now, and with sushi, saké has quickly gained a loyal following as well.  A Japanese rice spirit, sake is made from four key ingredients: rice, water, koji (rice mould) and yeast. To marry the love for sake, in India, with an appreciation of Japanese … Read more

Mumbai’s 34-year-old seafood restaurant Bharat Excellensea’s menu gets an upgrade

Mumbai’s 34-year-old seafood restaurant Bharat Excellensea’s menu gets an upgrade

Chef Ananda Solomon at Bharat Excellensea | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement One can only imagine what it must feel like to be in a hot kitchen at this time of the year. So, when Chef Ananda Solomon steps out after the lunch service, and proceeds to sit opposite us on a table, his first question … Read more

Watch | Have you visited the seafood stalls at Chennai’s Marina beach?

Watch | Have you visited the seafood stalls at Chennai’s Marina beach?

Watch | Have you visited the seafood stalls at Chennai’s Marina beach? The scenic Loop Road in Pattinapakkam, Chennai, runs along the Marina beach. The smell of seafood is hard to miss. A row of seafood stalls dot this bustling road. Fishermen venture out to sea as early as 2 am and return to shore … Read more

Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram has become the city’s seafood hub

Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram has become the city’s seafood hub

January 06, 2023 11:34 am | Updated January 16, 2023 06:39 pm IST – Thiruvananthapuram Late in the night Vizhinjam’s ‘restaurant row’ is a sea of activity as the salty breeze mingles with the mouth-watering aroma of fried seafood, peppered with merry conversations. The seafood restaurants on Vizhinjam Harbour Road are packed with customers from … Read more

Which Seafood Has the Most Microplastics?

Which Seafood Has the Most Microplastics?

MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Those mussels, oysters and scallops on your plate may come with a secret ingredient: microplastics. Researchers at Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull in the United Kingdom reviewed more than 50 studies (from 2014 to 2020) to investigate the levels of microplastic contamination globally … Read more