NITI Aayog suggests measures for development of marine fisheries The Hindu Business Line dated 19th July 2017

Manash Choudhury, Deputy Advisor (Fisheries), NITI Aayog, has requested the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute to take up a slew of programmes for the development of marine fisheries. During an interaction with A Gopalakrishnan, CMFRI Director, he urged the institute to make a National Marine Fisheries Index (NMFI) in order to derive a comparative picture of marine fisheries development across the maritime states, including the Andamans and Lakshadweep islands. Choudhury called upon CMFRI to formulate a National Marine Fisheries Action Plan (NMFAP) covering all the maritime states and the islands following an alignment with the ‘Sagarmala’, a programme introduced by the Centre to boost the blue economic growth, centring the improvement in coastal logistics, skill development etc