{"id":349070,"date":"2025-11-01T15:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349070"},"modified":"2025-11-01T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:24:09","slug":"marine-fisheries-census-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/marine-fisheries-census-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Fisheries Census 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Marine Fisheries Census 2025 advances with digital geo referenced supervision and web dashboards after workshops and a national meet at CMFRI Kochi.<\/p>\n<h2>About Marine Fisheries Census 2025<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349071\" style=\"width: 356px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-349071\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Ministry-of-Fisheries.jpg?resize=356%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Ministry-of-Fisheries.jpg?resize=300%2C263&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Ministry-of-Fisheries.jpg?w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Ministry of Fisheries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>5th edition<\/strong> of India\u2019s national marine fisheries census.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ministry involved:<\/strong> Ministry ofFisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funded by: <\/strong>It is fully funded by the <strong>Department of Fisheries<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal agency: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) <\/strong>serving as the nodal agency.<\/li>\n<li><strong>O<\/strong><strong>perational partner<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> <strong>Fishery Survey of India<\/strong> acting as the operational partner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched on<\/strong>: Officially launched on the <strong>World Fisheries Day<\/strong> on November 21, 2024.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slogan<\/strong> : It\u2019s slogan is \u201c<strong>Smart Census, Smarter Fisheries,<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: The census <strong>aims<\/strong> to provide <strong>comprehensive, accurate, and timely data essential for the sustainable development<\/strong> and governance of the sector, which supports over a million families.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coverage<\/strong>: The exercise will cover around <strong>1.2 million fisher households across 5,000 marine fishing villages<\/strong> and habitations in <strong>13 coastal States and Union Territories<\/strong>, including the Andaman &amp; Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duration<\/strong>: The census will be conducted <strong>over 45 days<\/strong>, from November 3 to December 18.<\/li>\n<li>It Shift to a <strong>digital, geo-referenced system<\/strong> with multi-tier web dashboards for real-time supervision.<\/li>\n<li><strong>App-Based Data Collection:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>VYAS\u2013<\/strong><strong>NAV app <\/strong>will be used for validating fishing villages and harbours.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>VYAS\u2013<\/strong><strong>BHARAT<\/strong> used for household and infrastructure enumeration.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>VYAS\u2013<\/strong><strong>SUTRA<\/strong> used for real-time supervision and monitoring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Time in MFC 2025:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It will collect <strong>socio-economic information<\/strong>, including family income, home ownership, liabilities, sources of credit, and insurance status.<\/li>\n<li>It will document the socio-economic <strong>impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will also document the <strong>reach of welfare schemes<\/strong> such as the <strong>Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and PM-MKSSY.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will include <strong>Institutional mapping<\/strong> of <strong>Fish Farmer Producer Organisations (FFPOs)<\/strong> and <strong>SHGs<\/strong> to strengthen collectivisation and the <strong>fisheries value chain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s national marine fisheries census. Ministry involved: Ministry ofFisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Funded by: It is fully funded by the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/marine-fisheries-census-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marine Fisheries Census 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-349070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349070","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\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}