The estimated marine fish landings along the mainland of India in 2023 was 3.53 million tonnes, indicating a 1.2% increase compared to the landings in 2022. The marine fish landings increased noticeably by 15.75% in comparison to 2021. This year ICAR-CMFRI could expand its survey footprint to Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) with the active support of the UT’s Fisheries Department as per an understanding of joint effort to estimate landings and efforts akin to other maritime states which together brought the total estimated marine fish landings of the country as 3.55 million tonnes including the 18381 tonnes from the ANI.
