Fishing in India - Programmes

Programmes

The Government of India launched National Fisheries Development Board in 2006. Its headquarters are in Hyderabad, located in a fish shaped building. Its activity focus areas are:

• Intensive Aquaculture in Ponds and Tanks
• Fisheries Development in Reservoirs.
• Coastal Aquaculture
• Mariculture
• Seaweed Cultivation
• Infrastructure: Fishing Harbours and Landing Centres
• Fish Dressing Centres and Solar Drying of Fish
• Domestic Marketing
• Technology Upgradation
• Deep Sea Fishing and Tuna Processing

The implementation of two programs for inland fisheries—establishing fish farmers' development agencies and the National Programme of Fish Seed Development—has led to encouragingly increased production, which reached 1.5 million tons during FY 1990, up from 0.9 million tons in FY 1984. A network of 313 fish farmers' development agencies was functioning in 1992. Under the National Programme of Fish Seed Development, forty fish-seed hatcheries were commissioned. Fish-seed production doubled from 5 billion fry in FY 1983 to 10 billion fry in FY 1989. A new program using organic waste for aquaculture was started in FY 1986. Inland fish production as a percent of total fish production increased from 36 percent in FY 1980 to 40 percent by FY 1990.