The Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation (KSCADC), an initiative of the State Fisheries department, has secured export orders worth ₹49.5 lakh of value-added fish products from the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
The documents relating to the shipment of two containers of products were received by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian here on Wednesday. The documents were handed over by Anas K.K. Managing Director of IAN Overseas Pvt Ltd, the export merchants firm through which the export is being executed.
The project seeks to scale up entrepreneurial and employment opportunities in the State’s fisheries sector by promoting export of its own brand of dried fish, frozen fish and a variety of other marine products.
