Rapid Fire
Sea Ranching Initiative to Boost Marine Fisheries
- 15 Nov 2024
- 1 min read
The Kerala Fisheries Department has launched a sea ranching project off Thiruvananthapuram to support sustainable fishing.
- Sea ranching, or ocean ranching, is a type of fish farming where juvenile fish are released into the ocean to grow naturally without protection or assistance before being harvested.
- 10 lakh pompano and cobia fingerlings (marine fish species) to be released in 10 locations off Thiruvananthapuram coast, aimed at replenishing marine fishery resources.
- The project follows the artificial reef initiative under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), aimed at enhancing marine biodiversity.
- Artificial reefs deployed at 42 locations in Thiruvananthapuram have attracted various fish species like tuna, trevally, and mackerel.
- Future phases of the project propose expanding artificial reefs to 96 villages in Kerala.
- PMMSY was launched by the Department of Fisheries; Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying; to bring about ecologically healthy, economically viable, and socially inclusive development of the fisheries sector of India.
Read more: Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
