Aquaculture Scenario-2018-19

Aquaculture Scenario-2018-19

Percentage of India’s fish production to the global fish production is- 6.3% (2 nd in World
production)
India is the second largest producer of fish and Fresh water fish in the world.
Total Fish production in India- 12.60 million tonne13 (Includes Inland and Marine)
World Fish Centre headquarter located at- Penang, Malaysia
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute- Kochin, Kerala
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute- Barrack pore, WestBengal
Central Institute of Fisheries Education(CIFE)-Mumbai,Maharashtra
Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture- Chennai
Central Government Launched “Blue revolution scheme” to increase production and
productivity of fisheries in- 2015
The main aim of Blue revolution is to augment Fish production to about- 20 MT by 2022-23.
National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) Headquarter-Hyderabad
Contribution of fisheries to Agricultural exports- 20%
Global position 2nd in Fisheries 2nd in Aquaculture
Contribution of Fisheries to GDP (%) 0.91 (1%)
Contribution to Agril. GDP 5.23%
Per capita fish availability (Kg.) 9.0
Present fish Production 12.60 mmt
Inland 7.4 mmt
Marine 5.2 mmt

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