Our BureauThe Andhra Pradesh government is appointing a committee of experts to study aquaculture in the State and suggest ways to improve it.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said here on Friday that the State stood first in the sector, but still there was a lot of untapped potential and scope for improvement. “New methods should be found to check diseases and to improve yields and in that endeavour technology should be made use of,” he said.
Earlier, the Chief Minister had participated in the three-day India International Seafood Show which began here on Friday. It is being organised by the Marine Products Export Development Authority and the Seafood Exporters' Association of India.
The Chief Minister also said an aquaculture university would be set at Bhimavaram in West Godavari district in the public-private partnership mode. Earlier, at the inaugural of the seafood show, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced that the biggest marine fish market would be established here, with the State government bearing 30 per cent of the cost, the National Fisheries Development Board - NFDB bearing 40 per cent and the Tata Trust the rest. It would cost roughly Rs. 3 crore. All varieties of fish would be sold in the market including tunafish. The land would be provided by the Visakhapatnam port trust.
