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Export of Fishery Products from India : Status, Challenges and the Way Forward


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1 ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi 682 029, India
2 ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi 682 029, India
 

Marine products have remained a consistent and leading foreign exchange earner to India for a long time. This study analyses the status and trend in marine products export from India and sketches the way ahead. Augmenting exports without hampering domestic nutritional security calls for enhancing domestic fish production through science-based culture practices, promoting value addition, improving quality assurance systems and effecting enabling policy changes

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Aquaculture, Food Safety, Shrimp Export, SPS Measures, Value Addition.
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Authors

A. Suresh
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi 682 029, India
Satyen Kumar Panda
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi 682 029, India
V. Chandrasekar
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi 682 029, India

Abstract


Marine products have remained a consistent and leading foreign exchange earner to India for a long time. This study analyses the status and trend in marine products export from India and sketches the way ahead. Augmenting exports without hampering domestic nutritional security calls for enhancing domestic fish production through science-based culture practices, promoting value addition, improving quality assurance systems and effecting enabling policy changes

Keywords


Aquaculture, Food Safety, Shrimp Export, SPS Measures, Value Addition.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi6%2F664-670