Seafood exports have more than doubled in the last nine years, with record exports to the tune of ₹63,969 crore in 2022-23, said Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
He was speaking at the inaugural of a conclave on mainstreaming climate change into international fisheries governance and strengthening fisheries management measures in the Indo-Pacific region.
“The impact of climate change on fisheries is already being felt worldwide and it is expected to become more severe in the future,” Mr. Rupala said. To offer livelihood opportunities in the seaweed sector, a multipurpose seaweed park at a cost of ₹2,700 crore is being set up in Tamil Nadu . The authorities are discussing possibilities of merging the fishing ban along the east and west coast based on demands from fishing communities in the eastern coast, he said.
