NITI Aayog plans to develop marine fisheries Business Standard dated 18th July 2017

The NITI Aayog has asked the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute here to initiate a string of programmes for the development of marine fisheries in the country. CMFRI director A. Gopalakrishnan has been asked to prepare a National Marine Fisheries Index (NMFI) to derive a comparative picture of marine fisheries development across maritime states, including the Andaman and Nicobar and the Lakshadweep islands. The decision was taken at an interaction here between Gopalakrishnan and Manash Choudhury, Deputy Advisor (Fisheries), NITI Aayog