Shri Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying visited the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute’s Mandapam Regional Centre, Tamil Nadu today.
During his visit, the Union Minister interacted with the sea cage farmers, seaweed farmers and marine ornamental fish seed rearing Self Help Groups of Ramanathapuram & Thoothukudi Districts of Tamil Nadu. In his address, Shri Singh stressed on the need for promoting the mariculture in the country to increase the fish production and improve the fishermen’s livelihood.
The Union Minister released a poster illustrating the GIS map of potential seaweed farming locations in India and Leaflets in Tamil on the beneficiary oriented schemes for promoting the sea cage farming, marine ornamental fish breeding & rearing and seaweed farming supported under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). He also released a Multilingual Booklet on “Jellysafe” during the occasion.
Shri Singh distributed the fingerlings of Cobia to the beneficiaries of NFDB funded Project, seeds of marine ornamental fish and seaweed seedlings to Scheduled Caste Sub Plan Women SHGs (7 groups) and “Jellysafe” Kit to fishermen. The Union Minister visited the facilities like Marine Finfish Hatchery and Marine Ornamental Fish Seed Production Unit of the Mandapam Regional Centre of ICAR-CMFRI. He also visited the NFDB funded National Marine Fish Brood Bank of the Centre and observed the Cobia Broodstock development activities.
Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, I.A.S., Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India; Dr. J. Balaji, I.A.S., Joint Secretary (Fisheries), Department of Fisheries; Dr. K. Gopal I.A.S., Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Government of Tamil Nadu; Shri J. Jayakanthan I.A.S., Commissioner of Fisheries, Government of Tamil Nadu and Shri Dinesh Pon Raj Oliver, I.A.S., District Collector, Ramanathapuram graced the occasion.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, Director, ICAR-CMFRI briefed about the Institute’s achievements and progress made in promoting the mariculture as an alternative livelihood option for the fishers. The Senior Officials of State Government Departments and ICAR Institutes were also present during the occasion. Source: ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala
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