FisheriesWriting in Down To Earth, Sarvesh JP of BOBP-IGO and Deepanjana Saha of ATREE say warming seas and saltier estuaries are keeping hilsa offshore, and that uncoordinated fishing bans let catches shift rather than fall.
EnvironmentAs Arnab heads for the Andhra Pradesh coast, several forecast models show a new system that could reach Odisha around 1-2 November, though forecasters say it is far from certain.
The first cyclonic storm of 2026 in the North Indian Ocean formed over the Bay of Bengal on 26 October; its remnants could carry heavy rain towards Uttar Pradesh and Nepal if they meet a western disturbance.
FisheriesBureau of Statistics figures show the marine fish catch fell 16.57 per cent in the five years to 2024-25; artisanal boats landed 451,661 tonnes, down from 513,819, while industrial trawlers caught slightly more.
EnvironmentMet office records show 78 of the 97 October cyclones in the Bay of Bengal since 1891 went to Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and 19 to Bangladesh; forecasters say the likely Cyclone Arnab is unlikely to come ashore here, but heavy rain may reach several northern and western divisions after Tuesday.
EnvironmentThe Bangladesh Meteorological Department says the low over the east-central Bay of Bengal has become a well-marked low and may turn into a cyclone heading for Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu in India, with limited effects in Bangladesh.
CropsIndia's weather office expects a low over the Bay of Bengal to become a depression by 25 October and possibly a cyclonic system, just as Odisha and Andhra Pradesh harvest their kharif rice.
FisheriesResearchers have split the spiny seahorse into three species, naming Hippocampus amandavincentae from two specimens landed at Thoothukudi, and warn that bottom trawling in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea threatens it.
FisheriesThe fish from fisher Sohel Khan's stake net near Banglar Ghat went for Tk 1.45 lakh a maund; a fisheries scientist at Patuakhali Science and Technology University explains why big hilsa are becoming scarce.
EnvironmentA deep depression over the north Andaman Sea has prompted local cautionary signal 3 at Chattogram and Cox's Bazar ports, and fishing boats have been told to stay out of the deep sea.
EnvironmentA low over the north Andaman Sea near the Myanmar coast has become a depression; Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra seaports hoist distant cautionary signal No 1, and fishing boats are told not to venture into deep sea.
The MB Mayer Doa-6, a trawler built this year at a cost of about Tk 55 lakh, split its hull in rough seas some 45 km out from Alipur fishing port in Patuakhali; another trawler picked up its 15 fishermen, but the boat has not been found.
With signal No. 3 hoisted for a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal, hundreds of trawlers from across the coast have taken shelter at the Alipur and Mahipur fish landing centres in Patuakhali, and fishermen back from the 65-day ban are losing money ashore.
