MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA)
(a) & (b): No, Madam. Export of marine products from India growth in the US $ earnings as can
be seen from the table below:-
Particulars 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 CAGR#
Quantity (in 461.33 512.16 612.64 541.70 602.84 6.91%
Thousand MTs)
Value (in 6,646.69 7,245.30 8,363.53 7,620.92 8,607.94 6.68%
Rs.Cr.)
Value (in 1,478.48 1,644.21 1,852.93 1,899.09 1,908.63 6.59%
US $ Million)
# CAGR=Compounded Annual Growth Rate 2008-09=over 2004-05
(c) & (d) Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) have taken following steps to increase
production and export of seafood items from India :
(i) With the objective of improving aquaculture National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) was established
at Kakinada for providing extension services to farmers of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa & Karnataka;
(ii) A Mission Mode Programme in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Orissa has been launched to expand aquaculture;
(iii) MPEDA is also targeting development of new technologies in aquaculture such as specific â pathogenâ
free broodstock development and domestication of shrimp;
(iv) Aquatic Quarantine facility for use, when L. vennamei broodstock is imported, is being set up under
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA); and
(v) Recently organic freshwater prawn was farmed and cultivated for the first time in the world in Kerala.