Lok Sabha Question No. 2704 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: National Policy on Marine Fishing
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

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

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2704 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  JULY, 2019

## NATIONAL POLICY ON MARINE FISHING

## No.2704. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

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

- (a) whether the National Policy on Marine Fishing helps in enhancing skills and capabilities of traditional fishermen in deep sea fishing in the country, particularly from coastal areas, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the assistance being provided by the Ministry to traditional fishermen to procure vessels, capacity building, etc.;
- (c) the  details  of  financial  and  other  assistance  provided  to  fishermen  in  Andhra  Pradesh during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and district-wise along with the number of fishermen benefitted therefrom; and
- (d) any special assistance the Ministry is thinking of providing to Andhra Pradesh since it is the leading exporter of fish and aqua products?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

(a) Yes, Sir. The National Policy on Marine Fisheries, 2017 helps in enhancing skills and capabilities of traditional fishermen in deep sea fishing in the country, particularly from coastal areas.  As  per  the  recommendation  of  the  National  Policy  on  Marine  Fisheries,  in  order  to enhance the skills and capabilities of the traditional fishermen to undertake and popularize deep sea fishing, a training programme on tuna long lining and hygienic  handling and processing of fish  onboard  the  fishing  vessels  has  been  started  for  traditional  fishers  by  the  sub  ordinate offices  of  the  Department  of  Fisheries  viz;  Central  Institute  of  Fisheries  Nautical  and Engineering Training (CIFNET) and Fishery Survey of India (FSI) with 100% central financial assistance. Already 217 fishermen of Tamil Nadu have been trained in 15 batches onboard the fishing vessels of CIFNET and FSI under this training programme.

(b) This  Ministry  has  introduced  a  sub-component  namely  'Assistance  for  Deep  Sea Fishing'  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  on  Blue  Revolution:  Integrated Development  and  Management  of  Fisheries  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  traditional fishermen for procurement of resource specific deep-sea fishing vessels like tuna long liners as per  the  prevailing  Guidelines.  An  amount  of  Rs.  302.09  crore  has  been  provided  as  central assistance  by  this  Ministry  to  the  coastal  States/Uts  namely  Tamil  Nadu,  Gujarat,  Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar and Daman & Diu towards procurement of about 918 number of resource specific deep sea fishing vessels for traditional fishermen.

- (c) The  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  by  Government  of  India  under  the Centrally Sponsored Scheme  (CSS)  on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries  to  fishermen  in  Andhra  Pradesh  during  the  last  five  years  and  the current  year,  year-wise  is  furnished  below.  Release  of  assistance  to  fishermen  of  Districts  of Andhra Pradesh is decided by the Government of Andhra Pradesh

(in Rs. Lakhs)

| Financial Years                 |   Financial Assistance provided |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2014-15                         |                         1043.6  |
| 2015-16                         |                          777.15 |
| 2016-17                         |                         1897    |
| 2017-18                         |                         2162.88 |
| 2018-19                         |                         1302.31 |
| 2019-20 ( till 5 th July, 2019) |                          200    |
| Total                           |                         7382.94 |

- (d) Assistance  is  being  provided  to  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories  including  the Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  as  per  the  approved  guidelines  of  the  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme  (CSS)  on  Blue  Revolution:  Integrated  Development  and  Management  of  Fisheries being under implementation by this Ministry.

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