The National Fish Farmers Day is observed every year on 10th July to commemorate the successful induced breeding of Indian Major Carps (IMC) in 1957 by the renowned scientists namely Dr. Hira Lal Chaudhury and Dr. K.H. Alikunhi.  The intent of celebrating this day is to recognize the contributions made by fish farmers, entrepreneurs, and fishermen to the development of the nation’s fisheries sector and to create an ecosystem to collectively think and discuss the ways to sustainably manage our fisheries resources. The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying celebrated the National Fish Farmers Day, 2025 (NFFD-2025) at Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar on 10^th July 2025.  During the said NFFD-2025, several key initiatives were launched including the announcement of new 17 fisheries production and processing clusters in addition to the already notified 17 clusters, ICAR Training Calendar on Fisheries, Guidelines on Hatchery Accreditation and Seed Certification of Freshwater Finfishes and Shellfishes.  Beneficiaries were felicitated under various schemes such as the Kisan Credit Card (KCC), aquaculture crop insurance, fisheries cooperatives and Fish Farmer Producer Organizations (FFPOs), and fisheries start-ups. In addition to the above, 70 fisheries projects were virtually inaugurated and foundation were laid supported under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) with an outlay of Rs.105 crore, marking a strong push towards infrastructure development, entrepreneurship promotion, and inclusive growth in the sector.  The State-wise details of locations of these clusters are furnished at Annexure-I. These clusters are strategically identified for their region-specific potential and are aimed at enhancing fish production, promoting value addition, improving market access, and creating livelihood opportunities through fisheries cooperative development and private investment.

National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) is designated to assess the gap analysis of all the aforesaid production and processing fisheries clusters with end-to-end solutions. The budgetary requirements for gap filling projects are undertaken from the ongoing schemes of Government of India like Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF), Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY), Kisan Credit Card (KCC) etc. and Schemes and programs implemented by the respective States.  

Annexure-I

State-wise details of total 34 Fisheries Clusters notified under PMMSY

 

Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	Name of the Cluster	Leading District	Partnering District
(i)	(iii)	(ii)	(iv)	(v)
	Jammu & Kashmir	Coldwater Fisheries	Anant Nag	Kulgam & Shopian
	Haryana	Saline Water Aquaculture	Sirsa	Rohtak, Hissar & Fatehabad
	Madhya Pradesh	Reservoir Fisheries	Bhopal (Halali Dam)	Khandwa (Indira Sagar Dam)
	Chhattisgarh	Tilapia Cluster	Raipur	Dhamtri & Kanker
	Bihar	Wetland Fisheries	Siwan	Gopalganj & Chapra
	Uttar Pradesh	Pangasius Cluster	Sidarth Nagar	Maharajganj and Kabir Nagar, Basti
	Odisha	Scampi Cluster	Balasore	Mayurbhanj & Bhadrakh
	Andhra Pradesh	Brackish water Aquaculture	West Godavari (Bhimavaram)	Krishna, Elluru & Nellore
	Karnataka	Sea Cage Cluster	Uttara Kannada	Badkal & Kumtta
	Sikkim	Organic Fisheries cluster	Soreng	-
	Jharkhand	Pearl Cluster	Hazaribagh	-
	Tamil Nadu	Ornamental Fisheries Cluster	Madurai	-
	Lakshadweep Islands	Seaweed Cluster	-	-
	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Tuna Cluster	--	--
	Telangana	Murrel Cluster	Mancherial	Peddapalli
	Kerala	Pearl Spot Cluster	Kollam	Kottayam
	Gujarat	Fishing Harbour	Veraval	Mangrol fishing Harbour
	Punjab	Saline water Aquaculture	Muktsar Sahib	Fazilka
	Uttarakhand	Cold water Fisheries	Pithoragarh	Chamoli Bageswar
	West Bengal	Dry Fish Cluster	Purba Mednipur	Sagar Island
	Puducherry	Fishing Harbour	Karaikal Fishing Harbour	Thengaithitu Fishing Harbour
	Nagaland	Integrated fish farming	Mokokchung	Chumoukedima
	Manipur	Pengba fish cluster	Bishnupur	Loktak Lake
	Assam	Riverine Fisheries	Goalpara	Kamrup & Darang
	Mizoram	Paddy cum fish cluster	Kolasib	Serchhip
	Arunachal Pradesh	Aqua-tourism cluster	Ziro	Tawang, West Kameng & Shi-Yomi
	Ladakh	Coldwater fisheries	Kargil	Leh
	Goa	Estuarine cage culture	North Goa	South Goa
	Himachal Pradesh	Coldwater Fisheries	Kullu District	Mandi
	Tripura	Pabda fisheries cluster	Unakoti	North Tripura
	Rajasthan	Saline water aquaculture	Churu	Hanumangarh
	Maharashtra	Fisheries Cooperatives	Raigad	Ratnagiri
	Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu	Fishing Harbour	Diu (Vanakbara)	--
	Meghalaya	Organic fish farming	West Khasi Hills	East Khasi Hills

This information was given by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri George Kurian, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 06th August, 2025.

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