Parliament Question: National Fish Farmer Day

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3760 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12TH AUGUST, 2025 National Fish Farmer Day

3760. Shri Sudheer Gupta:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has celebrated the National Fish Farmer Day-2025 at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha recently;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the programmes organized during the celebration;

(c) whether the Government has launched new fisheries clusters under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and if so, the details thereof, location and State-wise;

(d) the details of expenditure likely to be incurred on the construction of these fisheries clusters and the time by which the work likely to start; and

(e) the key features of these new fisheries clusters launched in the event? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI GEORGE KURIAN)

(a) to (e): The National Fish Farmers Day is observed every year on 10th July to commemorate the successful induced breeding of Indian Major Carps (IMC) in 1957 by the renowned scientists namely Dr.

Hira Lal Chaudhury and Dr. K.H. Alikunhi. The intent of celebrating this day is to recognize the contributions made by fish farmers, entrepreneurs and fishermen to the development of the nation’s fisheries sector and to create an ecosystem to collectively think and discuss the ways to sustainably manage our fisheries resources. The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying celebrated the National Fish Farmers’ Day, 2025 (NFFD-2025) at Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar on 10th July 2025. During the said NFFD-2025, several key initiatives were launched including the announcement of new 17 fisheries production and processing clusters in addition to the already notified 17 clusters, ICAR Training Calendar on Fisheries, Guidelines on Hatchery Accreditation and Seed Certification of Freshwater Finfishes and Shellfishes. Beneficiaries were felicitated under various schemes such as the Kisan Credit Card (KCC), aquaculture crop insurance, fisheries cooperatives and Fish Farmer Producer Organizations (FFPOs), and fisheries start-ups. In addition to the above, 70 fisheries projects were virtually inaugurated and foundation were laid supported under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) with an outlay of Rs.105 crore, marking a strong push towards infrastructure development, entrepreneurship promotion and inclusive growth in the sector. The State- wise details of locations of these clusters are furnished at Annexure. These clusters are strategically identified for their region-specific potential and are aimed at enhancing fish production, promoting value addition, improving market access and creating livelihood opportunities through fisheries cooperative development and private investment.

National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) is designated to assess the gap analysis of all the aforesaid production and processing fisheries clusters with end-to-end solutions. The budgetary requirements for gap filling projects are undertaken from the ongoing schemes of Government of India like Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF), Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY), Kisan Credit Card (KCC) etc. and Schemes and programs implemented by the respective States.

*****Annexure Statement referred to reply to the Lok Sabha untarred Question No. 3760 put in by Shri Sudheer Gupta, Member of Parliament for answer on 12th August, 2025 regarding National

Fish Farmer Day: State-wise details of total 34 Fisheries Clusters notified under PMMSY Sl. Name of the Name of the Leading Partnering District No. State/UT Cluster District

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Jammu & Kashmir Coldwater Anant Nag Kulgam & Shopian

1.

Fisheries Haryana Saline Water Sirsa Rohtak, Hissar and

2.

Aquaculture Fatehabad Madhya Pradesh Reservoir Bhopal (Halali Khandwa (Indira Sagar

3.

Fisheries Dam) Dam)

4. Chhattisgarh Tilapia Cluster Raipur Dhamtri and Kanker

5. Bihar Wetland Fisheries Siwan Gopalganj and Chapra Uttar Pradesh Pangasius Cluster Sidarth Nagar Maharajganj and Kabir

6.

Nagar, Basti Odisha Scampi Cluster Balasore Mayurbhanj and

7.

Bhadrakh Andhra Pradesh Brackish water West Godavari Krishna, Elluru and

8.

Aquaculture (Bhimavaram) Nellore

9. Karnataka Sea Cage Cluster Uttara Kannada Badkal and Kumtta Sikkim Organic Fisheries Soreng -

10. cluster

11. Jharkhand Pearl Cluster Hazaribagh - Tamil Nadu Ornamental Madurai -

12.

Fisheries Cluster Lakshadweep - -

13. Seaweed Cluster Islands Andaman & -- --

14. Tuna Cluster Nicobar Islands

15. Telangana Murrel Cluster Mancherial Peddapalli

16. Kerala Pearl Spot Cluster Kollam Kottayam Gujarat Veraval Mangrol fishing

17. Fishing Harbour Harbour

18. Punjab Saline water Muktsar Sahib Fazilka Aquaculture

19. Uttarakhand Cold water Pithoragarh Chamoli Bageswar Fisheries

20. West Bengal Dry Fish Cluster Purba Mednipur Sagar Island

21. Puducherry Fishing Harbour Karaikal Fishing Thengaithitu Fishing Harbour Harbour

22. Nagaland Integrated fish Mokokchung Chumoukedima farming

23. Manipur Pengba fish cluster Bishnupur Loktak Lake

24. Assam Riverine Fisheries Goalpara Kamrup and DarangSl. Name of the Name of the Leading Partnering District No. State/UT Cluster District

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

25. Mizoram Paddy cum fish Kolasib Serchhip cluster

26. Arunachal Aqua-tourism Ziro Tawang, West Kameng Pradesh cluster and Shi-Yomi

27. Ladakh Coldwater fisheries Kargil Leh

28. Goa Estuarine cage North Goa South Goa culture

29. Himachal Pradesh Coldwater Kullu District Mandi Fisheries

30. Tripura Pabda fisheries Unakoti North Tripura cluster

31. Rajasthan Saline water Churu Hanumangarh aquaculture

32. Maharashtra Fisheries Raigad Ratnagiri Cooperatives

33. Dadar & Nagar Fishing Harbour Diu (Vanakbara) -- Haveli and Daman Diu

34. Meghalaya Organic fish West Khasi Hills East Khasi Hills farming *****