Odisha registers highest growth rate in fish production during the year 2015-16

Odisha has registered the highest growth rate in fish production during the year 2015-16. The state has doubled the income of fish farmers and sea food exporters’ real income during the last decade by means of high value commercial activities in fishery and animal resource development sectors.
Odisha has set out an ambitious plan to achieve sea food export worth Rs.20, 000 crore in the next five years for which construction and improvement of fishery infrastructure is also on the anvil.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 24 October 2016.

The plan envisages developing of necessary infrastructure in 19 priority aquaculture clusters and this work is expected to be completed by March, 2017. The state government has claimed to have registered the highest growth rate in the country in fish production during the year 2015-16. It was 11.10 per cent.
The total fish production during the year was 521278 MT against 469548 MT during 2014-15.
Export of fish and fishery products also saw an increase - it went up to 35,630 MT with a total value of around Rs.1788 crore. Moreover, fish production has grown regularly over the last 4 years. For comparison, in 2012-13, the total fish production was 410144 MT which has steadily grown to 413889 in the year 2013-14.
At present 34 sea food exporters are operating in Odisha and they have markets in Eastern Europe, Japan, China, Middle East and south eastern Asian countries.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org


Some more interesting links -

Pine needles to produce electricity in Uttarakhand

Lost £250 wedding ring retrieved after the eight million gallon lake was drained

Jakarta to pay $1.5 for every rat caught to contain rat menace


Fuchka Festival in Kolkata and selfies (satire)

Moody fires cannons to eliminate mosquitoes (satire)

Lord Shiva’s Durga puja is about selfish people and selfies (satire)


Carey Mulligan leaves teddy bears outside gates of 10 Downing Street to protest attacks on Aleppo

Battle to liberate Mosul rages and ISIS fighters flee the city dressed as women

Group clashes in prisons in Brazil kill at least 18 inmates


The Guardians of the Galaxy 2 trailer released

Trailer of xXx: Return of Xander Cage starring Deepika Padukone launched in four Indian languages

Jackie Chan's Kung Fu Yoga to release on 28th January 2017