India exports prawns worth Rs 40,000 crore to the US
Union Minister said 90% of them being aquaculture prawns
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NATIONAL, July 27, 2024: Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, George Kurian, Saturday said that India exported prawns worth Rs 40,000 crore to the US with 90% of them being aquaculture prawns and the remaining 10% being wild catch from the sea.
The Minister's comments were made in light of the US ban on Indian shrimp due to concerns about unregulated fishing practices that have resulted in the incidental capture and injury of marine turtles in trawl nets.
He informed that a special net has been developed by the country's fisheries research institutes to exclude sea turtles. He also stated that the effectiveness of this net will be demonstrated soon.
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