Aditi Agrawal (PIB)

New Delhi, Oct 4: In one of the largest consultative exercises of its kind, over 15,000 fishers and fish farmers from 34 States and Union Territories participated in a nationwide series of virtual feedback sessions organised by the Department of Fisheries (DoF), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, between 2 April and 30 September 2025.

The extensive outreach, led by Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, aimed to capture grassroots-level perspectives to shape India’s fisheries and aquaculture roadmap for the coming years.

The initiative brought together fishers, fish farmers, fisheries associations, cooperatives, Fisheries Farmer Producer Organizations (FFPOs), startups, ICAR institutions, the National Fisheries Development Board (

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