India moves to development phase of NPOA for inland small-scale fisheries, eyes 30 mn ton fish production in 5 yrs

Chennai, Oct 23 (UNI) India on Friday moved into the development phase of a separate National Action Plan for inland small-scale fisheries, with a focus on livelihood improvement, enhanced coordination and better management of freshwater resources, while India setting a target of 30 million tonnes in fish production in the next 5 years. Union Fisheries Secretary Dr Abhilaksh Likhi on Friday formally launched India's development phase of the National Plan of Action (NPOA) for small-scale inland fisheries, which was being developed under the framework of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO). The initiative is being led by the union…