Kochi, July 18 -- As a preparatory step for the 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC-2025), the Department of Fisheries (DoF), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, has launched a nationwide validation and georeferencing of marine fishing villages through ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI).
This census is being undertaken under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), with CMFRI serving as the nodal agency for implementation across India.
The exercise aims to establish an accurate and updated frame of marine fishing villages across India's coastline and island territories, laying the foundation for household-level enumeration scheduled later in the year.
Over the next two w...