Lok Sabha Question No. 1684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Quantum of Fish Production
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Supriya Sadanand Sule

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1684 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  JULY, 2019

## Quantum of Fish Production

## 1684.   DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE :

Will  the  Minister  of  FISHERIES,  ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY  AND  DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantum of fish production during the last three years and the current year, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Ministry  is  implementing  a  Central  Plan  Scheme  for  development  of fisheries sector in the country, if so, the details thereof and its achievement made so far since its inception;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  assisted  in  upgrading  fish  landing  centres  with  cold storage facilities to boost fish production, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government  is also considering to provide advance technology/ incentives under the Digital India Scheme for fisheries, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to encourage pisciculture in the country by assisting fishermen in all possible manner?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  FISHERIES,  ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY  AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

(a) : The State/UT-wise details of the fish production in the country during the last three years (2016-17 to 2018-19) is furnished at Annexure-I and current year fish production data has not been reported by the State.

- (b): The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is  implementing  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  on  Blue  Revolution:  Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries with the following components:
- (i)   Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture,
- (ii)  Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post Harvest Operations,
- (iii) National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen
- (iv) Strengthening of Database & Geographical Information System of the Fisheries Sector,
- (v)  Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) and other need-based Interventions,
- (vi)  Institutional Arrangement for Fisheries Sector,
- (vii) National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and its activities,

The CSS aims and focuses on increasing of fish production in the country and the fish production has increased from 10.26 million metric tonne during 2014-15 to 13.42 million metric tonne (provisional) during 2018-19.

(c) : The CSS on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries inter-alia provides financial assistance to the State Governments and Union Territories (UTs) for (i) construction of new  fishing harbours and  fish landing centres and  (ii)  Upgradation/expansion/repair/renovation  of  the  existing  fishing  harbours  and  fish  landing centres to augment fish production. Besides, the CSS also provides financial assistance for strengthening of post harvest infrastructure facilities such as  Ice plants,  Cold Storages,  Ice plants-cum-cold storages.

(d)  and  (e)  :    Under  the  CSS  central  financial  assistance is provided  to  the  State Governments/Union  Territories  for  providing  safety  kits  to  fishermen,  consisting  of  GPS, communication  equipment,  echo-sounder,  lifejackets,  lifebuoys,  Distress  Alert  Transmitter (DAT), life-saving appliances (VHF radiotelephones), fish finder, backup battery, search & rescue  beacon  etc.  These  devises  are  provided  to  facilitate  the  marine  fishermen  for  safe navigation, easy access to potential fishing areas and ensure safety of fishermen at sea.  The Department of Fisheries encourages digital transactions, release of financial benefits directly to the beneficiary accounts through use of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) platform, use of IT based applications in development and management of fisheries.

The  CSS  provides  financial  assistance  to  the  State  Governments/Union  Territories (UTs) to support the fishermen and fish farmers for aquaculture including pisciculture in the country. The  broad  activities assisted for promotion  of  pisciculture are; integrated development of reservoirs, installation of cages/pens in reservoirs, development of freshwater/brackishwater  aquaculture,  development  of  water  logged  area,  development  of cold  water  fisheries,  productive  utilization  of  inland  saline/alkaline  waters  for  aquaculture, rejuvenation  of  Urban/  Semi-Urban/  Rural  Lakes/Tanks,  stocking  of  fish  fingerlings  in beels/wetland and promotion of new technology such as Re-circulatory Aquaculture System (RAS),  open  sea  cage  culture  including  seaweed  cultivation,  bivalve  culture  and  pearl culture.

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Statement referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 1684 for answer on 2 nd July, 2019 regarding Quantum of Fish Production- State-wise details of fish production in the country

(Million Metric Tonne)

| Sl No.   | State/UTs         | Financial Years   | Financial Years   | Financial Years   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|          |                   | 2016-17           | 2017-18           | 2018-19 (P)       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2.1860            | 3.4496            | 3.9924            |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.0041            | 0.0043            | 0.0047            |
| 3        | Assam             | 0.3066            | 0.3273            | 0.3315            |
| 4        | Bihar             | 0.5091            | 0.5879            | 0.6021            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 0.3768            | 0.4572            | 0.4698            |
| 6        | Goa               | 0.1179            | 0.1240            | 0.1203            |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 0.8156            | 0.8345            | 0.7247            |
| 8        | Haryana           | 0.1442            | 0.1900            | 0.2175            |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.0125            | 0.0128            | 0.0134            |
| 10       | J&K               | 0.0204            | 0.0207            | 0.0224            |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 0.1452            | 0.1900            | 0.2080            |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 0.5575            | 0.6025            | 0.5874            |
| 13       | Kerala            | 0.5928            | 0.5626            | 0.7145            |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.1387            | 0.1434            | 0.1732            |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 0.6629            | 0.6060            | 0.5834            |
| 16       | Manipur           | 0.0320            | 0.0330            | 0.0322            |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 0.0123            | 0.0120            | 0.0000            |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 0.0076            | 0.0076            | 0.0072            |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 0.0086            | 0.0090            | 0.0098            |
| 20       | Odisha            | 0.6081            | 0.6850            | 0.7334            |
| 21       | Punjab            | 0.1327            | 0.1366            | 0.1358            |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 0.0502            | 0.0540            | 0.0558            |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 0.0004            | 0.0004            | 0.0004            |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 0.6693            | 0.7120            | 0.7307            |
| 25       | Telangana         | 0.1989            | 0.2700            | 0.3284            |
| 26       | Tripura           | 0.0725            | 0.0768            | 0.0845            |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 0.0043            | 0.0046            | 0.0050            |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 0.6177            | 0.6287            | 0.6620            |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 1.7018            | 1.7421            | 1.7703            |
| 30       | A&N Islands       | 0.0388            | 0.0395            | 0.0412            |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 0.0001            | 0.0001            | 0.0002            |
| 32       | Daman &Diu        | 0.0240            | 0.0247            | 0.0054            |
| 33       | Delhi             | 0.0009            | 0.0008            | 0.0008            |
| 34       | Lakshadweep       | 0.0298            | 0.0208            | 0.0219            |
| 35       | Puducherry        | 0.0503            | 0.0499            | 0.0314            |
| Total    |                   | 10.8506           | 12.6204           | 13.4216           |

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