EXPORT OF MARINE PRODUCTS
LOK SABHA
India is one
of the leading exporters of marine products to the global export
market. India occupied 16th position among the top
exporting countries of the world during 2001 as per statistics
published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In order to
further increase the exports, government have taken several steps,
which include schemes for extending financial assistance to the
seafood processing industry; steps to upgrade processing facilities
to meet international standards of hygiene and quality; expansion
of aquaculture; imparting training to aquaculture farmers to adopt
sound management practices to prevent outbreak of diseases; assistance
to produce value-added products for exports; participation by
the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) in international
fairs; conducting overseas market surveys etc.
The government
have issued guidelines for operation of Indian owned deep sea
fishing vessels in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on
1-11-2002. The guidelines allow import of deep sea fishing vessels
by Indian companies for operation in the Indian EEZ for boosting
our production mainly directed to exports.
This was stated
by Shri S. B. Mookherjee, Minister of State for Commerce &
Industry, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
