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The Union government has taken several steps to harness the deep sea fishery resources in the country.
The steps taken to harness the deep sea fishery resources in the country include: (i) issue of guidelines for deep sea fishing; (ii) encouraging deep sea fishing by Indian enterprises; (iii) regulation of fishing by foreign vessels through legislative measures; (iv) Monitoring of the Exclusive Economic Zone by Coast Guard to preven tpoachng and unauthorised fishing; and (v) restricting the number of deep sea fishing vessels in the tune with the resource potential.
The main points fo the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries is ensuring sustainability of fishing, fisheries, post harvest operations and aquaculture. This is sought to be achieved through stakeholder participation. The measures taken by Government include setting up of a committee at Centre to oversee the implementation of the code, translating the doce and the technical manuals thereunder into vrnacular for easy undertaking of the code by takeholders and organising workshops and seminars to sensitize the State Governments and other non-governmental functionaries about the reference fo this code.
The Government has promulgated a Comprehensive Marine Fishing Policy recently. The coastal States have promulgated Marine Fishing Regulation Act. An Empowered Committee has also been set up at Centre to look into matters of deep sea fishing.
No Fishing Development Fund Committee has been set up by the Government.
The Minister of State for Agriculture Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria informed this in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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