For decades, fish heads, frames, viscera, and skins piled up at markets and landing sites across Sri Lanka as an unwanted environmental burden. Today, that same stream of material is being transformed into valuable animal feed ingredients that earn foreign exchange, create jobs, and deliver cleaner coastlines. The story of Yesol Lanka, a Board of Investment (BOI)-approved enterprise in Madurankuliya, ...
23 June 2026 The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) warmly welcomes the appointment of Carmen Mannarino as the new Director of Masifundise Development Trust, effective 1 June 2026 for a five-year term. This leadership transition marks an important moment for the small-scale fisheries movement in South Africa and strengthens the global struggle for fisher peoples’ rights, food sovereignty, ...
On 21 June 2026, a catastrophic ammonia gas leak struck a private seafood processing and export facility in the Kannigaipair/Manjangaranai area near Periyapalayam in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district. The incident at M/s Peter & Paul Seafood Exports Pvt Ltd (also referred to as St. Peter’s Paul Seafoods Exports) claimed the lives of at least seven workers — with reports ...
Negombo, Sri Lanka – 10 June 2026 On 8 June 2026, World Oceans Day, the “National Fisheries Solidarity Organization (NAFSO)” of Sri Lanka successfully inaugurated its pioneering “Our Ocean School” programme at its premises in Negombo. The hybrid event — held in person and streamed live via Zoom — drew a large gathering of renowned guests, community leaders, youth, ...
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Along the Malabar coast of Kerala, particularly around Thalassery (Tellicherry), a centuries-old tradition continues each morning. Before sunrise, small groups of fishers head out in modest boats to harvest green mussels (Perna viridis), locally known as kalumakkaya. These divers practice a highly skilled, low-impact form of fishing that relies on breath-hold diving rather than modern technology. Their work sustains ...