Fisheries: 30% of the business from Andhra Pradesh!!!

S Venkateshwari
Fisheries: 30% of the business from Andhra Pradesh!!!


India is one of the top 5 countries in the world for fish exports (Fishing industry & Export). 17% of the nation's agricultural exports come from the fishing industry and its byproducts. This export amounted to approximately Rs 60,000 crore in 2021–2022. Despite all of this, the country's fish production has only multiplied by 2.25 over the past 15 years, which is cause for concern.

The unique aspect of this is that only one state, andhra pradesh, produces the majority of the nation's fish; the other coastal states' development in fisheries production is extremely minimal. fish production is also expanding in other places around the nation at the same time.

More than 30% of the business from Andhra Pradesh

Fish production in india is gradually rising. india has only been able to raise its fish production by 2.25 times over the course of 15 years, from 2004–2005 to 2019–20. andhra pradesh is the only reason for this progress. india produced 63 lakh tonnes of fish in the year 2004-05, and 142 lakh tonnes of fish in the year 2019-120. One-third of this growth of 80 lakh tonnes has come from andhra pradesh alone.

Moderate growth

Other significant states except Andhra do not exhibit the anticipated growth. West Bengal, the second-largest fish-producing state, has only seen a 46% growth in these 15 years. gujarat is moving up the rankings to third place by 35.3%. tamil Nadu's fish production has increased by 65%. On the other hand, Keralan production has not changed at all.


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