Most of us know the victim as the ‘paplet’, more precisely the baby silver pomfret ... often fetching an exorbitant ₹500-600 apiece in Mumbai’s fish markets. The ‘murder’ isn’t just an oblique ...

Palghar: Maharashtra's recently declared state fish, the silver pomfret (Chandheri Paplet or Saranga), is facing a critical threat of extinction due to rampant and unsustainable overfishing ...

Most of us know the victim as the ‘paplet’, more precisely the baby ... often fetching an exorbitant ₹500-600 apiece in Mumbai’s fish markets. State races to save the silver pomfret ...