Mangaluru, Dec 14: The central government is bringing out a policy to encourage group fishing by fishermen after cancelling permissions given to foreign fishing vessels to fish in India’s exclusive economic zone, said Praveen Puthran, Assistant Director-General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Friday.
He was speaking after inaugurating a stakeholders’ meeting organised by Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), a constituent of ICAR, here.
Tamil Nadu was the first state to benefit. Its fishermen have formed groups to get the benefits of the scheme including subsidies to buy large vessels.
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