Sundarbans' marine resources, including fish and crustacean stocks, are depleting due to indiscriminate use of poisonous substances for fish baits, raising concerns among environmentalists.

NAMKHANA: Poverty-stricken villagers in the Sundarbans area have been munching on the hilsa for breakfast, lunch and dinner after tonnes of Bengal's favourite fish were netted of a size that ...

Indeed, human atrocities -- and the poisoning of fish is nothing but an atrocity -- have threatened the Sundarbans for far too long, and it is about time we do something to reduce it. In this case, it ...

The Forest Department has announced a three-month ban on tourism and fishing in the Sundarbans from June 1. "These three months are the breeding season for most of the species of fish and hence the ...

Netting of fish has been banned in all the canals of Sundarbans from July 1 to August 31 in order to promote safe breeding and to preserve aquatic animals. The move is also being imposed to stop ...

After I’d finally visited, I was convinced that at least part of it was the loss of the prettiest parts of the Sundarbans. I grew up in North India, with a limited understanding of fish in ...

two otters wait to catch fish in a river in southern Bangladesh. As the animals squeak in the water, fishermen lower a net into the river, in the heart of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest ...

Researchers have detected microplastics in the gut of 13 estuarine edible fish species in the Sundarbans, raising concerns about damage to the mangroves' ecosystem and a possible impact on human ...

According to the Bangladesh Forest Department, the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh shelters about 210 species of white fish, 24 species of shrimp, 14 species of crabs, 43 species of ...

birds and fish. It is also one of the largest haunts of the endangered Royal Bengal tiger. But the Sundarbans value extends beyond just providing a habitat for these magnificent animals ...

The Forest Department has imposed a three-month ban on all entry into the Sundarbans to protect the biodiversity of the forest.