Source: DD News
Context: Union Minister inaugurated India’s first Organic Fisheries Cluster in Soreng District, Sikkim.
- This initiative, under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)
About India’s First Organic Fisheries Cluster:
- What it is: A fisheries cluster designed for sustainable and eco-friendly fish farming using organic practices.
- Features:
- Focuses on minimal environmental pollution and sustainable production.
- Incorporates amur carp and other key species for organic fish farming.
- Supported by NABARD through funding for infrastructure, capacity building, and forming Farmer Producer Organizations (FFPOs).
About Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)
- Launched by: Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying in 2020.
- Aim: Accelerate growth in the fisheries sector, enhance productivity, and align with the Blue Economy vision.
- Features:
- Cluster-Based Approach: Promotes economies of scale, competitiveness, and value-chain strengthening.
- Covers production, processing, and marketing for fisheries like freshwater, brackish water, ornamental, and organic fisheries.
- Two components:
- Central Sector Scheme (CS)
- Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) with beneficiary-oriented and non-beneficiary-oriented subcomponents.
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- Focus on technologies like Biofloc systems and Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS).
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