News: Marine Fisheries Census 2025 advances with digital geo referenced supervision and web dashboards after workshops and a national meet at CMFRI Kochi.
About Marine Fisheries Census 2025
- It is the 5th edition of India’s national marine fisheries census.
- Ministry involved: Ministry ofFisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Funded by: It is fully funded by the Department of Fisheries.
- Nodal agency: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) serving as the nodal agency.
- Operational partner: Fishery Survey of India acting as the operational partner.
- Launched on: Officially launched on the World Fisheries Day on November 21, 2024.
- Slogan : It’s slogan is “Smart Census, Smarter Fisheries,”
- Aim: The census aims to provide comprehensive, accurate, and timely data essential for the sustainable development and governance of the sector, which supports over a million families.
- Key features:
- Coverage: The exercise will cover around 1.2 million fisher households across 5,000 marine fishing villages and habitations in 13 coastal States and Union Territories, including the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
- Duration: The census will be conducted over 45 days, from November 3 to December 18.
- It Shift to a digital, geo-referenced system with multi-tier web dashboards for real-time supervision.
- App-Based Data Collection:
- The VYAS–NAV app will be used for validating fishing villages and harbours.
- The VYAS–BHARAT used for household and infrastructure enumeration.
- The VYAS–SUTRA used for real-time supervision and monitoring.
- First Time in MFC 2025:
- It will collect socio-economic information, including family income, home ownership, liabilities, sources of credit, and insurance status.
- It will document the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- It will also document the reach of welfare schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and PM-MKSSY.
- It will include Institutional mapping of Fish Farmer Producer Organisations (FFPOs) and SHGs to strengthen collectivisation and the fisheries value chain.
