Fish Production

Fish Production : National Marine Fisheries Census- 2016 from 1st February

ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI), will begin the month long National Marine Fisheries Census- 2016 from 1stFebruary in all maritime states and two Union Territories of the country.

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Centre releases new guidelines for fishing in exclusive economic zones

The government has issued new guidelines to regulate fishing in the exclusive economic zones to augment marine fish production from EEZ's to the optimum and sustainable level. Under the new guidelines, the operators would be required to comply with certain procedures regarding reporting the area of operation, complying with responsible conduct of fishing operations and informing catches after completion of each voyage, to designated agency under the government, an official release said.

Courtesy: The Economic Times, November 2, 2002
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Shrimp farming

Experts on development of sustainable shrimp farming in the country began a two-day consultation meeting in Chennai on Wednesday. Out of 1.4m hectares of land suitable for shrimp farming, only 1.6 lakh hectares were being used for the purpose, an official release said.

((Courtesy- The Economic Times, August, 29)

Fisheries institute in talks to transfer packaging tech

The Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) is in talks with a slew of Indian and foreign companies for the transfer of a technology it has recently developed for pouch packaging of ready-to-serve fish curry. CIFT director said that CFIT would transfer the technology and provide consultancy for the successful operations of the company. The consultancy for pouch packaging of fish curry was based on a technology for processing various seafood products in flexible, retortable pouches developed by a team of scientists from CIFT.

(Courtesy- The Economic Times, July, 29)

Seafood exports dip 3.6% in FY02

After two years of growth, seafood exports showed a decline in the financial year ended March ’02 even as there was significant increase in export to the United States, according to data released by the MPEDA. While the total exports declined by 3.6% in quantity, 7.5% in rupee value and 11.5% in dollar terms during the period respectively.

(Courtesy- The Economic Times, July, 20)

Haryana pisciculture to get Rs 43 cr

The Planning Commission has approved Rs 43.40 crore for development of pisciculture in Haryana during the Tenth Plan, state minister for fisheries has said. The state has already crossed the mark of four tonne per hectare annual production of fish thus ranking at number two in the country, and that a target is fixed to produce 55,000 tonnes of fish per year during the Tenth Plan by achieving the growth rate of 11% in production.

(Courtesy- The Economic Times, July, 10)

Bengal gets ready to set up shrimp zone

State Government eyes German firm for alliances, lines up Rs 20 crore investment for projects. Meen Dweep, an island near Haldia will soon become an exclusive shrimp and prawn zone. And this latest showcase project of the West Bengal government will outstrip Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL) in terms of employment generation. Armed with the McKinsey report, which has identified aquaculture, among many, as an area West Bengal should lay maximum thrust, the state government is set to team up with one of the largest German aquaculture firm for developing the island as an exclusive shrimp and prawn zone. The Rs 20-crore project, once implemented will produce 5,000 tonne of different varieties of shrimp and prawn and will generate more than 5,000 direct employment.

(Courtesy- The Economic Times, July, 3)

Taiwan virus threatens shrimp farmers

first surfaced in Taiwan in ’92 and has since spread to several shrimp farms in the country, fishery scientists have warned. They have found that 77 out of the 89 samples were positive for the virus that causes '‘white spot syndrome (WSS)’’ The samples were collected from various landing centres and local fish market of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangalore along the east and west coasts of the country.

(Courtesy-The Economic Times, 26th June)

Seafood exports register 2% volume fall

Country’s seafood exports to the USW, European Union and South-East Asia registered a rise in quality and value during the first 11 months of the financial year ‘01-02, even as there was a drastic fall in China’s intake of seafood’s from India, according to MPEDA. Japan, a major market for Indian seafoods, has also shown less import from here during the period. In the overall seafood exports there was a fall of 1.8% in quantity, 8.8% in value in rupee terms and 12.7% fall in dollar terms for the period April- February ‘01-02 in comparison to the corresponding period of last year, said MPEDA.

(Courtesy-The Economic Times)

EU issues ‘red alert’ on Indian aqua products

The European Union (EU) has issued a ‘red alert’ to importers of aqua products from India following the detection of the residue of an antibiotic drug, ‘chloromphenicol’, in some prawns exported by one or two Indian firms a few months ago. The recent red alert means all aquaculture products originating from India will be subjected to a thorough checking before being allowed into the EU countries. Among all major importers of aqua cultural products from our country that include EU, Japan and the US, it’s the EEU that is very quality- conscious and applies very stringent regulations for all imports directed towards the EU countries. Following the EU ‘Red Alert’, the Union ministry of commerce has begun educating aquaculture farmers on the need to stop using the chloromphenicol drug or at least to ensure that no residue of that drug is found in the prawns.

(Courtesy-The Economic Times)