As part of its efforts to expand inland aquaculture and ensure marketability, the Fisheries department will open state-of-the-art outlets in Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad and Kozhikode districts. A total of 30 marketing outlets will be set up with an investment of ₹10 lakh per unit.
Inland fish collected directly from farmers through the Agency for Development of Aquaculture Kerala (ADAK) will be made available at the outlets. The department, in collaboration with the ADAK, aims at creating a centralised marketing system to solve the problems in inland aquaculture. Fish from agency’s farms will be sold at the marketing outlets along with those purchased from farmers for a fixed rate. The ADAK will identify farmers after collecting district-level data. Live fish marketing unit and fresh fish sales will also be part of the outlets.
The outlets are being set up as part of a project to increase the fish resources of the State and prevent the entry of stale fish from other States. Apart from the marketing outlets, the department has implemented a recirculatory aquaculture system, biofloc fish farming and cage culture in reservoirs.
