Centre will back seafood industry, says Murugan

L. Murugan, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, said the Centre will provide all possible support to the seafood Industry in terms of

L. Murugan, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, said the Centre will provide all possible support to the seafood Industry in terms of policy interventions to ensure a sustained manner growth in exports. “We will leave no stone unturned to address the issues impacting marine product exports,” he said, speaking at a meeting with the Seafood Exporters’ Association in Chennai on Saturday. Mr. Murugan said the fisheries sector in India had shown impressive growth with an average annual growth rate of 10.2% between the years 2014-15 and 2018-19. “Fish production in India stood at an all-time high of 141.56 lakh metric tonnes during 2019-20. The country’s fish production is about 8% of the global share, and has the second place in aquaculture production,” he added.