Lok Sabha Question No. 267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Fish Production
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Dr. Thirumaavalavan Tholkappiyan, Shri Adhikari Deepak Dev

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## Fish Production

## 267. Shri Adhikari Deepak Dev: Dr. Thirumaavalavan Tholkappiyan:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any agency for marketing the fish and fish products;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  for  increasing  the  fish  and  fish  products export;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of fish products in the country, State and year-wise during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) and  (b):  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and Dairying  is  implementing  flagship  scheme  namely  'Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)' with investment of ₹20,050 crore in fisheries sector for a period of 5 years with effect from the FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 in all the States/UTs. PMMSY interalia, envisages  to    address  critical  gaps  in  fish  production,  productivity,  quality, technology, post-harvest infrastructure and management, modernization and strengthening of value chain, reduction of post-harvest losses, traceability etc including marketing  infrastructure.    For  creation  and  strengthening  of  marketing  infrastructure, PMMSY has supported  27189 units of fish transportation facilities (refrigerated vehicles, insulated  vehicles,  two  wheelers/  three  wheelers),  21  state  of  the  art  wholesale  fish markets, 202 fish retail markets, 6694 fish kiosks and 5 E-platform for e-trading and emarketing of fish and fisheries products with total outlay of Rs. 1654.51 crore in all the States/UTs across the country. To provide real-time and accurate price information to fishers and fish farmers and to help them for negotiating better price and profitability, the Department through National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) has launched the 'Fish  Market  Price  Information  System'  (FMPIS)  during  2018-19  to  capture  and disseminate fish market prices of commercially important marine and inland fishes from 111 wholesale and retail fish markets in 29 States/UTs.

Further, the Department of Fisheries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) with an objective to provide a digital platform  and  empower  all  stakeholders  including  traditional  fishermen,  fish  farmers producer organization, entrepreneurs from fisheries sector to buy and sell their products through e-market place. Further, PMMSY has supported 2195 fisheries cooperatives as Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs) with project outlay of Rs. 544.85 crore through  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC),  Small  Farmers' Agribusiness  Consortium  (SFAC)  and  National  Agricultural  Cooperative  Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) as implementing agencies.

(c) to (e): The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), a flagship scheme implemented for overall development of fisheries and aquaculture sector in the country, inter-alia envisages to enhance fisheries exports to Rs 1.0 lakh crores by 2024-25. In order to enhance India's export competitiveness and higher price realization, the PMMSY supports  a  basket  of  interventions/activities  along  the  fisheries  value  chain  including quality  fish  production,  expansion,  diversification  and  intensification  of  brackish  water aquaculture, promotion of export-oriented species, infusion of technology, robust disease management and traceability, training and capacity building, creation of modern postharvest infrastructure with seamless cold chain, development of modern fishing harbours and fish landing centres, etc. The seafood exports of India have more than doubled since FY 2013-14. While the seafood exports stood at Rs 30,213 crore in 2013-14, the same has  increased  to  Rs.  60,523.89  crore  during  FY  2023-24.  Further,  the  MPEDA  has informed  that  they  have  prepared  a  Vision  Document  -2030  for  the  India's  marine products export sector with recommendation to achieve an export turnover of USS$ 18.00 billion by 2030. The details of fish products in the country, State and year-wise during the last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24) is annexed.

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Statement referred to in reply of part-(e) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 267 put in by Shri Adhikari Deepak Dev and Dr. Thirumaavalavan Tholkappiyan, Hon'ble Members of Parliament, Lok Sabha for answer on 4 th  February, 2025 regarding Fish Production:

| Item-Wise Export Of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in M T, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | Item-Wise Export Of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in M T, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | Item-Wise Export Of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in M T, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | Item-Wise Export Of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in M T, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | Item-Wise Export Of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in M T, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | Item-Wise Export Of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in M T, V: Value in Rs. Crore   |
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| Item                                                                                       | 2019-20                                                                                    | 2020-21                                                                                    | 2021-22                                                                                    | 2022-23                                                                                    | 2023-24                                                                                    |
| Frozen Shrimp                                                                              | Q: 652253 V: 34152.03                                                                      | 590275 32520.29                                                                            | 728123 42706.04                                                                            | 711099 43135.58                                                                            | 716004 40013.54                                                                            |
| Frozen Fish                                                                                | Q: 223318 V: 3610.01                                                                       | 188130 2941.65                                                                             | 226586 3471.91                                                                             | 368549 5503.18                                                                             | 381588 5509.69                                                                             |
| Fr Cuttle Fish                                                                             | Q: 70906 V: 2009.79                                                                        | 59292 1626.34                                                                              | 58992 2062.63                                                                              | 54919 2353.34                                                                              | 54316 2252.63                                                                              |
| Fr Squid                                                                                   | Q: 87631 V: 2196.59                                                                        | 61176 1998.90                                                                              | 75750 2806.09                                                                              | 83846 3593.75                                                                              | 93509 3061.46                                                                              |
| Dried Item                                                                                 | Q: 84417 V: 981.50                                                                         | 85661 1148.38                                                                              | 73679 1472.98                                                                              | 252918 3080.92                                                                             | 300966 4070.60                                                                             |
| Live Items                                                                                 | Q: 7287 V: 324.26                                                                          | 4379 239.69                                                                                | 7032 353.36                                                                                | 7824 440.06                                                                                | 7585 397.84                                                                                |
| Chilled Items                                                                              | Q: 21202 V: 631.84                                                                         | 17622 477.99                                                                               | 21689 733.47                                                                               | 24428 616.29                                                                               | 35925 687.19                                                                               |
| Others                                                                                     | Q: 142638 V: 2756.84                                                                       | 142975 2767.74                                                                             | 177414 3979.99                                                                             | 231703 5246.03                                                                             | 191709 4530.92                                                                             |
| Total                                                                                      | Q: 12,89,651 V: 46,662.85                                                                  | 11,49,510 43,720.98                                                                        | 13,69,264 57,586.48                                                                        | 17,35,286 63,969.14                                                                        | 17,81,602 60,523.89                                                                        |

| State-Wise Export of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in Tons, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | State-Wise Export of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in Tons, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | State-Wise Export of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in Tons, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | State-Wise Export of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in Tons, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | State-Wise Export of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in Tons, V: Value in Rs. Crore   | State-Wise Export of Marine Products From India Q: Quantity in Tons, V: Value in Rs. Crore   |
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|                                                                                              | 2019-20                                                                                      | 2020-21                                                                                      | 2021-22                                                                                      | 2022-23                                                                                      | 2023-24                                                                                      |
| Gujarat                                                                                      | Q 252712 V 5001.43                                                                           | 203917 4188.52                                                                               | 200099 4421.10                                                                               | 248863 5466.94                                                                               | 284088 5511.36                                                                               |
| Maharashtra                                                                                  | Q 151425 V 4829.17                                                                           | 110822 3684.94                                                                               | 193999 7303.92                                                                               | 214167 7466.47                                                                               | 222453 6923.34                                                                               |
| Goa                                                                                          | Q 21498 V 520.65                                                                             | 16549 435.25                                                                                 | 36057 730.64                                                                                 | 63333 1007.60                                                                                | 55167 934.20                                                                                 |
| Karnataka                                                                                    | Q 111465 V 1520.10                                                                           | 121348 1689.14                                                                               | 120427 1962.19                                                                               | 312347 4737.23                                                                               | 301183 4785.05                                                                               |
| Kerala                                                                                       | Q 163563 V 5672.27                                                                           | 157698 5623.12                                                                               | 182430 6971.56                                                                               | 218629 8285.03                                                                               | 196807 7231.84                                                                               |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                   | Q 130377 V 6465.71                                                                           | 110023 5565.48                                                                               | 114810 6559.64                                                                               | 123157 6957.67                                                                               | 134317 6854.22                                                                               |
| Andhra Predesh                                                                               | Q 293314 V 15498.64                                                                          | 279992 15831.74                                                                              | 324904 20035.49                                                                              | 328160 19846.95                                                                              | 347927 19420.38                                                                              |
| Telangana                                                                                    | Q 0 V 0.00                                                                                   | 0 0.00                                                                                       | 3102 156.91                                                                                  | 6676 358.39                                                                                  | 11758 565.10                                                                                 |
| Odisha                                                                                       | Q 66671 V 3243.93                                                                            | 60718 3107.68                                                                                | 86765 4627.91                                                                                | 85308 4546.47                                                                                | 84231 3954.60                                                                                |
| West Bengal                                                                                  | Q 98626 V 3910.95                                                                            | 88443 3595.12                                                                                | 103398 4742.47                                                                               | 125025 5121.33                                                                               | 132318 4145.51                                                                               |
| Delhi                                                                                        | Q 0 V 0.00                                                                                   | 0 0.00                                                                                       | 766 39.00                                                                                    | 1083 63.61                                                                                   | 1294 79.84                                                                                   |
| Others                                                                                       | Q 0 V 0.00                                                                                   | 0 0.00                                                                                       | 2507 35.64                                                                                   | 8536 111.47                                                                                  | 10058 118.46                                                                                 |
| Total                                                                                        | Q 12,89,651 V 46,662.85                                                                      | 11,49,510 43,720.98                                                                          | 13,69,264 57,586.48                                                                          | 17,35,286 63,969.14                                                                          | 17,81,602 60,523.89                                                                          |

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