The Department of Fisheries, under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, organised a Northeastern Region States Meet on Monday to review the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), a press release said.
In a mutual exchange of fishermen coordinated between the Indian Coast Guard and the Bangladesh Coast Guard, ICG Ship Varad and Amrit Kaur successfully repatriated 95 fishermen along with four Indian fishing boats while handing over 90 Bangladeshi Fishermen including 12 rescued from sunke
A fishing boat carrying 22 people struck rocks near Gageo Island in Sinan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, resulting in three fatalities, according to Yonhap News Agency. The incident occurred around 10:30 am Saturday. The Coast Guard, along with a nearby vessel, rescued the remaining 19
The MEA spokesperson also emphasised that Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, during his visit to Bangladesh, reiterated India's willingness to build a positive and constructive relationship with Bangladesh based on mutual trust, respect and mutual sensitivity to each other's concerns and intere
The Chief Minister informed that various activities would be conducted such as a capacity-building workshop to impart knowledge of the fishing business, a live programme for entertainment, food culture, an aquarium gallery for information
different species of fish, competition for kids and a
95 Indian fishermen and 90 Bangladeshi fishermen have been handed over to their respective coast guards for a mutual repatriation scheduled to take place on January 5. The exchange has been worked upon keeping in mind the humanitarian and livelihood concerns of fishing communities from both
India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged, through diplomatic channels, simultaneously in New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in each other's custody.
The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana is playing an important role in strengthening India's blue economy along with bringing revolutionary changes to the fisheries sector of the country. Under this scheme, closed stone quarries in Chhattisgarh have been made the centre of fish farming wit