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The 3-day India International Seafood Show (IISS) is going to be organised here from Friday by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).
During the event, MPEDA will showcase India’s potential in the sector, with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh in particular, and the potential to increase marine product exports to $5.6 billion in 2016-17, nearly an increase of 20 per cent.
The focus of the biennial event will be on diversification of species, quality control, value-addition and augmenting of infrastructure to improve exports.
MPEDA is confident of improving the performance from the last fiscal when total seafood exports stood at 945,892 tonnes worth $4.7 billion.
The event will also lay stress on ‘safe and sustainable Indian aquaculture’ and to highlight the technological advances and sustainable practices followed in capture and culture fisheries in India, and ensure quality of seafood produced for both domestic and export markets.
MPEDA Chairman A. Jayathilak said, “Aquaculture is a very significant area for marine exports for India and our efforts are geared towards greater technology inputs and product diversification.”
He said India’s performance would improve due to growth in demand for internationally for whiteleg and black tiger shrimps and diversification of aquaculture species, particularly of mangrove crab and tilapia.
sarma.rs@thehindu.co.in
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