CMFRI told to prepare National Marine Fisheries Index The New Indian Express dated 19th July 2017

Aimed at preparing the National Marine Fisheries Index (NMFI), NITI Aayog has requested the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) to initiate a slew of programmes for the development of marine fisheries in the country.The NMFI is intended to derive a comparative picture of marine fisheries development across the maritime states and islands. The demand in this regard was made by N Manash Choudhury, deputy adviser (Fisheries), NITI Aayog, during an interaction with CMFRI director A Gopalakrishnan and scientists of the Institute. Choudhury also asked CMFRI to formulate a National Marine Fisheries Action Plan covering all maritime states and islands in line with the „Sagarmala‟, a programme introduced by the Centre to boost the blue economic growth with the focus on improvement in coastal logistics and skill development