Lok Sabha Question No. 2394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-10
Subject: Training Institutes for Fishermen
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Dr. Prashant Yadaorao Padole

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2394

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## Training Institutes for Fishermen

## 2394. Dr. Prashant Yadaorao Padole:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  set  up  any  training  institute  to  provide  training  or  to  make fishermen aware of the issues related to safety and maritime boundaries and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if not, whether the Government proposes to set up such a training institute and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether fishermen at Gondia had been largely affected due to maritime boundary and crossing border of neighbouring country; and
- (d) whether the Government will find a solution to these issues and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a):  Yes,  The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying, Government of India (DoF, MoFAHD, GoI) has set up the 'Central Institute of Fisheries Nautical and Engineering Training'  (CIFNET),  which  provides  training  to  fishermen  and  creates  trained manpower for manning the ocean going fishing vessels. The institute has its Head Quarters at Kochi and two more units at Chennai and Visakhapatnam. The institute through outreach/in-house training programmes, has been conducting various short term courses for the fishermen of the coastal states/Union Territories (UTs) on Safety at Sea, Seamanship and Navigation, Responsible Fishing and Electronic Equipments for Navigation and Communication at Sea etc.

(b): Does not arise.

(c): Government of Maharashtra has informed that Gondia is a land-locked district of Maharashtra, and  fisheries  in  this  district  is  entirely  freshwater  based.  As  per  the  Department  of  Fisheries, Government Maharashtra records, there is no incidence of resident of Gondia district employed as crew member in marine fishing vessel, or has been affected due to crossing of maritime boundary or border of neighboring country.

(d): The DoF, MoFAHD, GoI, under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), has approved a  project  'National  Rollout  Plan  for  Vessel  Communication  and  Support  System'  for Monitoring, Control and Surveillance of marine fishing vessels. National Rollout Plan envisages installation of about one lakh transponders on marine fishing vessels across all 13 coastal states and UTs with an outlay of Rs.364  crores.  It's  a  two-way  communication  system enabling  the fishermen to send short messages using their android mobile phone while fishing up to 200 NM from the  coast.  It  also  has  features  of  Geofencing  and  gives  the  alerts  to  the  fishermen  upon approaching to or crossing the maritime boundary to avoid unintentional transgression.

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