The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commenced channel maintenance dredging efforts in Southwest Pass for Fiscal Year 2023 on January 29, 2023, with the hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction) dredging under Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2021. The USACE previously completed Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the historic project to deepen… Read More
At a news conference Friday morning in a Fort Myers restaurant, hosted by Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss ongoing Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in South Florida, a local man named Stanley got choked up as he tried to describe how the storm changed his life. “I lost everything except a car and some clothes that I evacuated… Read More
Fearing sea erosion could become a major threat to the Tourism Industry of Goa, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao has moved a Private Member Resolution recommending the government to appoint a high-level inquiry commission to investigate the coastal soil erosion in Goa. Earlier, Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte had said that sea erosion has become… Read More
MARGAO: Traditional fishermen from Betul were assured by the government that ongoing dredging work of River Sal will avoid areas by the riverbanks where shellfish is available. Shellfish, which had disappeared in the Betul-Cutbona-Assolna belt for the last decade, only returned recently, much to the happiness of the local fishermen, who were struggling to make… Read More
The Centre for Aquatic Resource Management and Conservation, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, has recommended, among other measures, increasing the water holding capacity of the Vembanad wetland system by increasing the base floor depth to create an additional capacity of 432.36 million cubic metres, which will take care of the problems of inundation… Read More
