Export of fishery products from India: status, challenges and the way forward

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, improv-ing quality assurance systems and effecting enabling policy changes.