Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister P Pulla Rao said that the government has brought the new fisheries policy with an aim to enhance aqua production in the State.
The new policy aims at increasing the aqua production in the state from ₹22,000 crore in 2014-15 to ₹35,000 by 2018-19, Rao said addressing farmers at a seminar on transforming AP as an aquaculture hub here organised by the state fisheries department.
The government, through its new fisheries policy, has introduced many schemes for farmers and feed and seed manufacturers to promote their activity, he said.
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