Infra inefficacies cause wastage of 25 to 25 MT of fish globally every year: BOBP-FAO study

Puducherry, Feb. 12 -- Infrastructure inefficiencies in the marine fisheries sector cause wastage of 25 to 35 million tonnes of fish globally every year, according to a global study.

In developing countries, fish loss and waste account for 20 to 35 per cent of total production, with some regions experiencing lossesof up to 75 per cent, posing a major threat to nutrition security and economic sustainability, a new joint study by United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO).

The study was presented at a two-day international workshop on Marine Fisheries Value Chain in the Bay of Bengal Region in theUnion Territory on Thursday.

It revealed that post-harvest...