Marketing and Processing

India is the third largest fish producing country in the world. The sector has high potentials for rural development, domestic nutritional security, employment generation as well as export earnings. Indian fisheries sector has been witnessing a steady growth, and the annual fish production has risen to 7.85 million tonnes during 2009-10. The rate of growth of the inland sector has been high and the inland fish production is 4.87 million tonnes and has almost doubled in the last decade. It is estimated that fishing, aquaculture and allied activities provide employment to over 14 million people.