{"id":250535,"date":"2023-07-03T20:32:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=250535"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:51:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T09:21:48","slug":"nothing-fishy-on-indias-fisheries-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nothing-fishy-on-indias-fisheries-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Fishy \u2013 on India\u2019s fisheries sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cNothing Fishy\u201d<\/strong> published in <strong>\u201cThe Times of India\u201d<\/strong> on <strong>3rd July 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 3 \u2013 Industries and industrial Policies \u2013 Agriculture and allied activities<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>A recent study by the Central Marine Fisheries Institute has provided some promising data that can be beneficial for the fisheries sector India.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the study?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A recent study by the Central Marine Fisheries Institute found that 91% of the 70 species evaluated had healthy numbers.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the potential of fisheries sector in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>India boasts over 1,500 marine species and 900 freshwater ones, along with &#8216;exotic&#8217; and brackish water varieties, totaling over 2,800 species on record.<\/p>\n<p>India is the <strong>world&#8217;s third-largest fish producer and fourth-largest exporter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Fish is a solution to the <strong>country&#8217;s nutritional needs<\/strong>, being a rich, sustainable source of protein.<\/p>\n<p>This study will provide a <strong>boost to the livelihood <\/strong>of 2. 8 crore people, depending upon fishing.<\/p>\n<p>The report findings are <strong>important considering the changes to the marine ecosystem<\/strong> due to rise in sea-levels, increased intensity of cyclones even on the west coast, and warming of the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Fish production has a significantly<strong> lower climate impact than meat production<\/strong>. Some estimates suggest that it emits six times lower carbon per kilo than meat.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What should be done to promote the fisheries sector?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Government of India plans to invest \u20b930,572 crore (2015-2025) to improve the sector. However, significant work is needed in terms of infrastructure, regulation, oversight, insurance, and policies by both state governments and the Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Issues like the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-examine-the-supreme-courts-judgment-allowing-fishermen-of-tamil-nadu-to-use-purse-seine-fishing-gears-for-fishing\/\">purse seine fishing gear<\/a> should be resolved amicably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cNothing Fishy\u201d published in \u201cThe Times of India\u201d on 3rd July 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Industries and industrial Policies \u2013 Agriculture and allied activities News: A recent study by the Central Marine Fisheries Institute has provided some promising data that can be beneficial for the fisheries&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nothing-fishy-on-indias-fisheries-sector\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nothing Fishy \u2013 on India\u2019s fisheries sector<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[218,216,10496],"class_list":["post-250535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-agriculture","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}