Marine fishery advisory services represent a translation of satellite-derived scientific information into actionable guidance for marine fishing communities in India, enabling fishers to locate potential fishing grounds more efficiently and reduce search time. To transform the advisories into forecasts and develop species-specific predictions of fishery grounds, high-quality and high-frequency georeferenced fish catch data ove...

Hilsa is a vital transboundary fishery resource in the Bay of Bengal (BoB), holding commercial, ecological, and cultural importance. This study aims to develop a short‐term prediction of Hilsa catch in the northern BoB using a machine learning (ML) model. The prediction technique was developed considering the georeferenced Hilsa catch per unit effort (CPUE) as a function of environmental variables like surface salinity, sea su...

Marine litter in the Bay of Bengal has been under-studied despite large quantities of mismanaged waste reportedly entering the ocean from its surrounding countries. The seasonal reversal of monsoon currents in this region provides a unique environment for the transport of floating macro-litter. A particle tracking model is used here to investigate source-to-sink connectivity of marine debris between countries via oceanic pathw...