Contribution of freshwater aquaculture towards fish production of the country was highlighted
Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, recently organised a webinar on ’Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension for Sustainable Techno-organizational Transformation of Fishers and Fish Farmers,’ under the chairmanship of Jatindra Nath Swain, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Government of India.
The webinar focussed on the fisheries and aquaculture extension for the sustainable techno-organisational transformation of fishers and fish farmers. Swain, Secretary, DoF, GOI highlighted the contribution of freshwater aquaculture towards fish production of the country. He briefly explained PMMSY and the sub-component supported under PMMSY for Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension for Sustainable Techno-organizational transformation of Fisheries and Fish Farmers in the country.
Jatindra Nath Swain, Secretary, Department of Fisheries (DoF), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Sagar Mehra, Joint Secretary (Inland Fisheries) and Dr J Balaji, Joint Secretary (Marine Fisheries) addressed the webinar. Other officials of the Department of Fisheries, GoI and fisheries officials of States/UTs, Faculty from state agriculture universities, state animal and fisheries universities, entrepreneurs, farmers and hatchery owners across the country, a representative from the aquaculture industry participated in the webinar.
