Honouring hands that ensure the nation’s protein security The ICAR–Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CIFRI), Barrackpore, celebrated National Fish Farmers Day 2026 with enthusiasm, bringing together policymakers, scientists, fish farmers,…
CMFRI will issue El Nino advisories to fishers and fish farmers The El Nino event is likely to trigger immense marine heatwaves, leading to significant decline in Indian oil sardine…
AI, underwater monitoring and predictive analytics are transforming one of the world’s last analogue industries For decades, commercial fishing has remained one of the world’s least digitised food production systems,…
In an exclusive interview with AgroSpectrum, Ashish Khandelwal, Director, Leads Genetics, explains how India’s first large-scale indigenous embryo transfer programme is moving beyond pilot projects to build a scalable livestock…
LoA initiative aims to promote and strengthen fisheries farmer producer organizations (FFPO) and fisheries cooperatives while also focusing on digitization of the fisheries sector through various initiatives. The Department…
Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) is India’s first trade agreement with the India-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states comprising Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The Department of Commerce,…
A five-year perspective plan prepared at a stakeholder consultation on Monday has set a target of increasing Lakshadweep’s annual tuna and tuna-like fish production to 50,000 tonnes, more than doubling…
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has discovered a new deep-sea fish from the Arabian Sea off southern Kerala. Named Cyttopsis indica (Indian dory), it was found at depths of…
In the second edition of the National Skill Olympiad on Seafood Value Addition held during Seafood Expo Bharat 2026, the winner received a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, while the…
The DIAT research team demonstrated that Spirulina (blue-green algae) removed nearly 90 per cent of heavy hydraulic oil within 24 hours Researchers at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT),…
The collaboration seeks to establish a scalable ecosystem for alternative feed solutions by combining ILRI’s scientific competence in livestock nutrition with Innoterra’s robust manufacturing and digital farmer-outreach platforms. The International…
Record production, booming seafood exports and rising policy support are propelling India’s fisheries economy, but climate risks, fragmented infrastructure and upstream bottlenecks threaten to slow the sector’s long-term sustainability India’s…
MPEDA conducts 50 nationwide seafood value addition training programmes ahead of National Seafood Skill Olympiad. The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, will…
Aquaculture continues to drive global seafood expansion, offsetting declining capture fisheries as production constraints, quotas, and El Niño risks weigh on wild catch, says FAO Global fisheries and aquaculture production…