Automated Translation:
Now fishing all set to get “Smart”

Prabhadevi, 3 (Correspondent)

NAF’S cooperation agreement with China

NAF said that China has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Association of Fishermen for the development of traditional marine fishermen in India, as well as for smart fishing.

A conference of the National Association of Fishermen and the Chinese delegation was held in Mumbai recently, said NAF President Dr. Gajendra Bhanji. Commissioner Tang Jiaming of Asian and Fisheries Bureau of Jiangsu Provinces, Deputy Commissioner and Fisheries Scientist Fei Xiliang, Xia Ainjun, NAF Maharashtra State President Rajhans Tapke, Vice President Vijay Worlikar and others were present in the conference.

Bhanji said that China is eager to provide all information regarding fishing, fish culture, fish farming, hatchery, marketing for the development of Indian fishermen.

Bhanji said the main reasons for the decline in fish are overfishing by fishermen, pollution, licenses given to foreign trawlers to fish in the Indian Ocean. Fishermen are fishing in seas from West Bengal to Gujarat; but the actual amount of fishing being done is comparatively very less. Six crore Kolis are engaged in fishing. What are the measures being taken to remedy the low fish production? Bhanji said that a delegation of the NAF would soon visit China for smart fishing and implement programs for the development of traditional fishing.