date:Jul 07, 2012
He was speaking at the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai, after inaugurating new infrastructure facilities in the institute.
Pawar stated that India is the second largest producer of fish in the world after China, and also second in aquaculture production. The fisheries sector has grown at an average rate of about six per cent over the last five years, is a major foreign exchange earner, and a source of livelihood for over 14 million people. India has still got vast aquacu