New Delhi: As part of the Centre’s ‘Sagar Parikrama’ program aimed at sustainable utilization of marine resources and boosting livelihood of coastal fishermen communities, the fisheries ministry on Sunday launched its third phase from Hazira port in Surat, Gujarat. Did. Will cover the coastal area of ’Parikrama’ Maharashtra over the next two days before concluding at Mumbai’s Sassoon Dock on Tuesday.
Envisioned as an evolutionary journey along the coastline, ‘Sagar Parikrama’ will cover the remaining coastal States/Union Territories (UTs) — Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands – in the next six to nine months. During the first two phases, it had already covered Gujarat and Daman and Diu.
The main objective of ‘Sagar Parikrama’ is to promote responsible fisheries with a focus on sustainable balance between the food security of the nation and the livelihood of coastal fisher communities, and the utilization of marine fishery resources for the protection of marine ecosystems. During the program the fishermen communities will be shared with the details of various government schemes and how they can take advantage of the same.
“Sagar Parikrama is a program that reflects the government’s far-reaching policy strategy to have a direct dialogue with fishermen and fish farmers to understand the issues and problems related to fishermen in coastal areas,” said a ministry official.
Phase I (March 2022) and II (September 2022) introduced artificial reefs (artificially constructed underwater structures to promote marine life) and marine aquaculture (fish farming in a controlled environment) as part of the program is of.
Union Fisheries Minister flagged off Purushottam RupalaThe third phase of the program will move from Hazira Port to the sea coast of Maharashtra at Satpati, Vasai, Versova. Maharashtra has a coastline of 720 km covering the five coastal districts of Thane, Raigad, Greater Mumbai, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.
India has a coastline of 8,118 km, covering nine maritime states and four union territories, and provides livelihood support to 2.8 million coastal fishermen. The country contributes 8% of the global share of fish production and is the third largest fish producer in the world.
India’s total fish production is 162.48 lakh tonnes, of which 121.21 lakh tonnes are from inland and 41.27 lakh tonnes from marine, with exports valued at over Rs 57,586 crore, contributing to about 17% of agricultural exports.
Envisioned as an evolutionary journey along the coastline, ‘Sagar Parikrama’ will cover the remaining coastal States/Union Territories (UTs) — Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands – in the next six to nine months. During the first two phases, it had already covered Gujarat and Daman and Diu.
The main objective of ‘Sagar Parikrama’ is to promote responsible fisheries with a focus on sustainable balance between the food security of the nation and the livelihood of coastal fisher communities, and the utilization of marine fishery resources for the protection of marine ecosystems. During the program the fishermen communities will be shared with the details of various government schemes and how they can take advantage of the same.
“Sagar Parikrama is a program that reflects the government’s far-reaching policy strategy to have a direct dialogue with fishermen and fish farmers to understand the issues and problems related to fishermen in coastal areas,” said a ministry official.
Phase I (March 2022) and II (September 2022) introduced artificial reefs (artificially constructed underwater structures to promote marine life) and marine aquaculture (fish farming in a controlled environment) as part of the program is of.
Union Fisheries Minister flagged off Purushottam RupalaThe third phase of the program will move from Hazira Port to the sea coast of Maharashtra at Satpati, Vasai, Versova. Maharashtra has a coastline of 720 km covering the five coastal districts of Thane, Raigad, Greater Mumbai, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.
India has a coastline of 8,118 km, covering nine maritime states and four union territories, and provides livelihood support to 2.8 million coastal fishermen. The country contributes 8% of the global share of fish production and is the third largest fish producer in the world.
India’s total fish production is 162.48 lakh tonnes, of which 121.21 lakh tonnes are from inland and 41.27 lakh tonnes from marine, with exports valued at over Rs 57,586 crore, contributing to about 17% of agricultural exports.