Government Seeks Fishers’ Input as It Drafts National Plan for Small-Scale Fisheries
The Union Department of Fisheries has begun a consultation process to shape India’s National Plan of Action for small-scale fisheries, with the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation coordinating the exercise. The move signals an effort to anchor fisheries policy in ground-level realities, as the sector remains central to coastal livelihoods, food security and marine resource management.
