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Fish Farming Project
January 27 , 2026
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- India has started its first open-sea marine fish farming project in the Andaman Sea.
- The project is located near North Bay, Sri Vijaya Puram, in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- It is implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT).
- The project uses indigenously designed open-sea cages for marine finfish farming and deep-water seaweed cultivation.
- It aims to create coastal livelihoods, strengthen marine food security, and support India’s Blue Economy vision.
- The pilot project will test technical feasibility and provide a model for future public-private partnership (PPP) scale-ups.
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