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Jammu gets first hygienic fish marketing complex 04 Jan 2019
 
The first hygienic retail and wholesale fish marketing complex equipped with all latest facilities like deep freezers, air conditioning, etc, was Friday thrown open here.     
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Source: Business Standard
Asian aquaculture: trends for 2019 03 Jan 2019
 
Every year, aquaculture increases its contribution to global seafood production. The sector generated 110.2 million tonnes in 2016, valued at US $243.5 billion and constituting 53 per cent of world seafood supply. According to FAO data, 90 per cent of production volume was produced in Asia. To maximise investment growth while minimising ecological impacts, it pays to identify and analyse upcoming opportunities.     
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Source: The Fish Site
India to top prawn exports to US 02 Jan 2019
 
Figures from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US NOAA) showed that India’s exports of frozen prawns to the US has grown 16.5% to 203,699 tonnes between January and October 2018 from 174,843 tonnes in the same period of the previous year. The figures also indicated that India may top in the export of prawns to the US in the year 2018.     
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Source: The Times of India
Indian exporters gear up for SIMP 27 Dec 2018
 
Indian exporters are gearing up to comply with US Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) regulations on shrimp, which will be enforced on US imports from India from Jan. 1, reports the Business Standard.     
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Source: Under Current News
India’s most entrepreneurial state plans massive shrimp expansion 27 Dec 2018
 
Gujarat is famous for producing several the of the billionaires on the Forbes’ Rich List and prime minister Narendra Modi. The state plans to get on the map in the global shrimp market.     
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Source: Under Current News
New clam species, genus found in Kochi backwaters 25 Dec 2018
 
Researchers at Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) have identified a new genus of clam called ‘Indosphenia’ and a new species called ‘Indosphenia Kayalum’ from Cochin backwaters.     
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Source: The Times of India
WTO: India raises concern over shrimp rejections by the US 24 Dec 2018
 
India has raised concerns over the increase in rejection of shrimp shipments from the country by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) owing to its “stringent’’ testing requirements and has asked Washington to address the problem.     
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Source: Business Line
Odisha OKs 10k crore agri scheme for 'farmers' prosperity' 23 Dec 2018
 
Amid growing debate on whether farm loan waiver reaches the people at the bottom of the rung, the sharecroppers and landless labourers, the Odisha cabinet on Friday announced a Rs 10,180-crore Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (Kalia) scheme. Kalia, which is meant to address the prevalent situation, will cover 92% of cultivators of the state, according to CM Naveen Patnaik     
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Source: The Times of India
Value added exports from India to China increasing 22 Dec 2018
 
Exporters' association FIEO recently said that exports of value added products from India to China is increasing.     
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Source: SME Times
Inland Aquaculture in Kerala; Challenges and Opportunities 22 Dec 2018
 
Aquaculture being a fast growing food production system will continue to strengthen its role in contributing to food security and poverty alleviation in India and many developing countries. There are several emerging diseases for farmed fish in India, particularly for freshwater fish and prawns     
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Source: Krishi Jagram