Inland fish production increased from 28.23 lakh tonnes per year in 2000-01 to 121.21 lakh tonnes per year in 2021-22
Sagar Parikrama” is transformative voyage planned in the water across the coastal belt to show solidarity with the fisher folk, fish farmers, and related stakeholders in the spirit of the 75th Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, which honors our brave freedom fighters, sailors, and fishers.It is a Government of India’s initiative aimed at resolving the issues of fishers and other stakeholders and facilitating their economic and overall upliftmentthrough various schemes and programmes of fisheriesimplemented by the Government of India, such as Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY),FIDF and KCC.
The expansion of inland fish production, primarily driven by aquaculture, has been spectacular. Inland fish production increased 400 percent from 28.23 lakh tonnes per year in 2000-01 to 121.21 lakh tonnes per year in 2021-22.Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase VII which started from 8th June 2023 from Madakkara, Kerala, and covered the places are like Pallikkara, Bekal, Kanhangadu, Kasaragode, touched Mahe (Puducherry), Kozhikode district on 9th June 2023, Thrissur district of Kerala on 10th June 2023, reached cochin on 11th June 2023 and has concluded today at Trivandrum by covering entire coastal regions of Kerala.
Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase VII was a great success as it continued for five days starting from 8th June to 12th June 202 with an aim to facilitate interaction with fishermen, coastal communities and stakeholders so as to disseminate information of various fisheries related schemes and programs being implemented by the Government; demonstrating solidarity with all fisher folk, fish farmers and concerned stakeholder as a spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and to promote responsible fisheries with focus on sustainable balance between the utilization of marine fisheries resources for food security of nation and livelihoods of coastal fisher communities.
First day program was commenced from 8th June 2023 by Hon’ble Shri. Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Hon’ble Dr L. Murugan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Hon’ble Shri Saji Cheriyan, Minister of Fisheries, Government of Kerala, Hon’ble MP, Kasaragode, Shri Raj Mohan Unnithan, MLA, Kasaragode, and other public authoritiesin the presence of Smt. Suvarna Chandrapparagari, Chief Executive, National Fisheries Development Board who graced the occasion of Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase-VII.Dignitaries have visited different locations like Mussle Culture site, Madakkara, Pallikara Fishermen Colony, Kanhangadu, Kasaragode Town Hall. Hon’ble Shri. Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and other public authorities interacted with beneficiaries such as fish farmers, fishermen at various locations and beneficiaries highlighted their issues like replenishment as well as appraised for the tremendous contribution that KCC and PMMSY scheme has brought in the life of fishermen and fishing community.
Hon’ble Shri. Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying emphasized about focusing on increasing fisheries production, productivity, and its associated activities, including infrastructure development, marketing, exports, and institutional arrangements, etc. Further, beneficiaries are like fishermen, fish farmers and other stakeholders were felicitated with Kisan Credit Card and QR Code Aadhar Card/E-Shram Card. In all around approx. 5,000 fishermen, various fisheries stakeholders, scholars participated in the Sagar Parikrama Phase VII program from different places.
Second day programme started from 9th June 2023. Hon’ble Shri. Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Hon’ble Dr L. Murugan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Hon’ble Shri K Lakshminarayanan, Minister of Fisheries, Government of Puducherry in the presence of Dr. Suvarna Chandrapparagari, Chief Executive, National Fisheries Development Board, Shri Thiru. D. Balaji, Director of Fisheries, Government of Puducherry, Shri Shivraj Meena, Administrator, Government of Puducherry, and other public Authorities visited Mahe, Puducherry. Hon’ble Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying discussed that he has joined Sagar Parikrama to understand the profession, life, culture, current state of respected fishermen which will help him in preparing the policy and thanked everyone for providing the valuable time. Dignitaries visited other places of Kozhikode district like Beypore Fishing Harbour, Samudra Auditorium. Kozhikode etc.
During the event, certificates/sanctions related to Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, Kisan Credit Card (KCC) &other State Scheme. The following beneficiaries are i) Raghvan, ii) Shivaji, iii) Narayanan, iv) Ranjith, v) Sushalal, vi) Rajeesh, vii) Biju, viii) Savithri, ix) Deepa D, x) Sathyan, xi) Kunhiraman, xii) Usha, xiii) Unni, xiv) Shijina, xv) Sajeendran, xvi) Vinod. Also, certificates/sanctions related to two-wheeler, three-wheeler & ice box were distributed to the beneficiaries such as i) Abdul Nizar, ii) Mohammed Althaf, iii) Abdul Muneer, iv) Jamseer P.K, v) Koya C.V, vi) Parambath, vii) Sidiq K, viii) Majeed J.P, ix) Sahad K, x) Subod, xi) Deepesh, xii) Noufal, xiii) Kamharudin, xiv) Udayan MP, xv) Muhammed Koya. In all around approx. 4,000 fishermen, various fisheries stakeholders, scholars participated in the Sagar Parikrama Phase VII program from different places.
