Aqua Bazar Online Marketplace App Launched by Fisheries Minister: Details

Aqua Bazar, a web based market utility to assist fish farmers and stakeholders to supply inputs was launched on Thursday by Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala. According to the ministry, Aqua Bazar has been developed by Bhubaneswar-based ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture with the funding assist of NFDB underneath the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMSSY).

“It is a marketplace which connects various stakeholders involved in aquaculture sector,” the ministry mentioned. The app will assist the fish farmers and stakeholders to supply the inputs akin to fish seed, feed, medicines, and companies required for fish tradition in addition to farmers can listing the desk measurement fish on the market.

Addressing the assembly, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Sanjeev Kumar Balyan mentioned there’s immense potential for shrimp farming within the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. If aquaculture is developed in these states, they will compete with Andhra Pradesh in shrimp manufacturing. The extension companies needs to be supplied to farmers of those states, he added.

Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying L Murugan mentioned the fisheries departments must give attention to infrastructure improvement initiatives, akin to fishing harbours, fish touchdown facilities, ice vegetation, and chilly storages.

NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand mentioned fisheries sector is exhibiting a file common development of round 8 p.c in the course of the previous decade. ‘One District one Product’ must be promoted and frontline applied sciences should be utilized in fisheries sector.

Parshottam Rupala additionally launched a guide on “Super Success Stories from Indian Fisheries” on the ninth governing physique assembly of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) right here, an official assertion mentioned.