Popularly known as tiger of water, Mahseer, state fish of Madhya Pradesh, is now on the verge of extinction. Mahseer, which constituted more than 50% of the catch in Narmada till a decade ago, has now ...

The Indian humpback mahseer is member of the carp family known for being the largest and hardest freshwater fish in the world. Bournemouth University One of the world's iconic freshwater fish, the ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The construction of dams on the Narmada River, along with pollution and overfishing, has cast a shadow on the population of Mahseer fish, the state fish of Madhya Pradesh.

Bhopal, Nov 1 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh forest department is hopeful that artificial breeding of ‘Mahseer’ fish in the Narmada river will help in conserving the endangered species, an official said ...

A four-decade-old conservation project has enabled the return of Mahseer in Indrayani river.Experts say the endemic fish, which can only be found in clean waters, was not spotted in the river since ...

New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) A mix of on-field strategies and policy decisions, a species atlas as a single reference point for information and doing away with the pseudo-conservation practice of stocking ...

Imagine it's the winter of 1960 and you are having morning cup of tea in the small resthouse of Tangrot near the confluence of the River Jhelum and the Poonch. You arrived late in the evening and the ...

Fighting to save the fish May 24 is World Fish Migration Day and British angler Steven Lockett talks of why the mahseer, a migratory fish found in abundance in Karnataka, and known as the Tiger of the ...

The existence of Mahseer fish, popularly known as the tiger of freshwater, is under threat following increasing hindrances in the Narmada river's natural flow after the construction of various dams on ...

Mahseer is called the King of Indian Rivers due to its size, strength, dominance in fast-flowing rivers and importance in freshwater ecosystems. Keep reading more about the king of rivers. King of ...

The legendary humpback Mahseer, one of the world's most iconic freshwater fish, is on the brink of extinction according to scientists. Ever since the publication of HS Thomas's A Rod in India in 1873, ...