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5th Marine Fisheries Census
May 2 , 2025
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- The Coastal State Fisheries Meet 2025 held recently at Mumbai.
- The 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC) began on April 28, 2025.
- It will document every marine fisher family, fisher village, fishing craft and gear, as well as infrastructure facilities associated with fishing harbours and fish landing centres across the country.
- For the first time, the census will have the feature of real-time validation because it will be done through a geo-referenced, app-based digital system.
- For the very purpose of digital-based data collection, a mobile application called ‘VyAS-NAV’ has been developed by ICAR-CMFRI.
- The Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) is the nodal agency for implementing the census.
- The last such census was done in 2016, according to which there were 3,477 fishing villages in 13 coastal states and UTs in India.
- The Centre has also unveiled the first-ever aquaculture insurance scheme during the meeting.
- It will be under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY), a sub-scheme launched under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
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