The proposed New National Fisheries Policy will focus on bringing new technology and ways to deal with the threat from cyclones as part of the overall objective to improve the income of fishermen, informed Union Fisheries Minister Giriraj Singh in the Rajya Sabha. The proposed policy will incorporate the provisions of the existing National Policy […]
The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will likely have a significant short term impact on Australia’s seafood industry, with production value tipped to slide 12% to $2.81 billion this financial year, the country’s premier agricultural forecaster, ABARES, said in a report. However, production value is expected to bounce back to $3.40 billion in 2020–21 as […]
As part of the ambitious Blue Revolution project, the Union government has lined up Rs.25,000 crore to invest in different segments of the fisheries sector in the next three to five years. The funds will be used to build infrastructure. The government expects to double inland fish production to 6 million tonnes. Rajni Sikhri Sibal, Secretary, […]
The Indian cabinet has approved special Rs 7,522 crore fund aimed at boosting production and jobs in the country’s fisheries and aquaculture sector, a government statement said. It said the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The approval […]
The value of Australia’s farm production is forecast to remain relatively unchanged at $60 billion in 2018–19, well above the 10-year average of $56 billion, despite very dry conditions in some places, ABARES in the latest forecasts released in the September quarter Agricultural commodities report. “Although dry conditions are affecting agricultural production in eastern Australia, expected […]
Total global fish production in 2016: 171 million tonnes Share of that from marine capture fisheries: 79.3 million tonnes From freshwater capture fisheries: 11.6 million tonnes From aquaculture: 80 million tonnes Amount of production consumed by humans as food: 151.2 million tonnes Amount of production lost to spoilage a/o thrown away after landing and […]
Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of fish being captured in the wild has levelled off and aquaculture’s previously explosive growth is now slowing, says a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The latest edition of the agency’s The State […]
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rolled out major sops for the agriculture sector in its attempt to arrest rural distress and help farmers earn more ahead of key state elections this year and national polls in 2019. Finance Minister Arun Jaitely announced a slew of new schemes and measures in his annual budget proposals […]
India’s overall fish production has increased by about 19% in comparison to the last three years to make the country the biggest fish producing nation with a total output of 11.41 million tonnes in 2016-17, farm minister Radha Mohan Singh said. Speaking at an event to mark the World Fisheries Day, Singh said inland fish […]
The UN food agency released its latest global Food Outlook Report, which said food commodity markets remained well supplied, but the cost of importing food is set to rise by 6 percent from last year’s level to reach $1.413 trillion in 2017. “Sharp increases in freight rates, stronger import demand and firmer prices of most […]
