New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying George Kurian on Friday launched the National Marine Fisheries Census (MFC) 2025 in Kochi, moving the marine fishing sector from paper-based to fully digital household enumeration.

The minister also launched the VyAS-BHARAT and VyAS-SUTRA mobile applications at the event, which will be used for conducting the census.

“The census will digitally enumerate approximately 1.2 million fisher households in around 5,000 marine villages across 13 coastal states and union territories, including the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep,” said the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.

The census will be a household-level enumeration of fishers, fishing crafts, gears, and infrastructure a

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