Marine fisheries census launched

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Union Minister George Kurian interacting with CMFRI Director Grinson George during the inauguration of the 2025 Marine Fisheries Census astatine  CMFRI, Ernakulam.

Union Minister George Kurian interacting with CMFRI Director Grinson George during the inauguration of the 2025 Marine Fisheries Census astatine CMFRI, Ernakulam. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin

Union Minister of State for Fisheries George Kurian connected Friday (October 31) officially launched the household enumeration signifier of the National Marine Fisheries Census 2025 astatine the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute. He urged officers and enumerators participating successful the census to guarantee that each fishermen and food workers are registered connected the National Fisheries Digital Platform.

“This is simply a mandatory request to entree benefits nether the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY). Only fishermen and food farmers who are registered connected the portal volition beryllium eligible to person fiscal assistance from the Central government,” helium was quoted arsenic saying successful a merchandise issued here.

The 45-day nationwide enumeration volition beryllium conducted from November 3 to December 18 with the information of thousands of trained tract staff, covering implicit 1.2 cardinal fisher households crossed 4,000 marine sportfishing villages successful 9 coastal States and 4 national territories, it said.

Published - October 31, 2025 10:29 p.m. IST

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