Fisheries University to be set up in Tamil Nadu

Updated on: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

In an initiative aimed to help the nine lakh strong fishing community, the Tamil Nadu government announced setting up a Fisheries University in Nagapattinam district.

Making a suo moto statement in the Assembly, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa indicated that her government was giving due attention to this department by working out various measures and said it had placed equal importance in providing academic knowledge relating to fisheries.

"Nagapattinam has a coastline of 188 km with 9,000 fishing vessels involved in fishing. The fishing harbour here is also being modernised even as prawn-rearing is one of the important economic activities. Therefore, this district is conducive for setting up the Fisheries University," she said.

The proposed university would be constructed in over 85 acres in Panankudi and Nagoor villages, she said, adding that neighbouring Kerala and nations, leading in fisheries development, had similar universities.

Initially, five institutions, including the Fisheries College and Research Institute at Tuticorin would be affiliated with the proposed university, she said.

"Degree and diploma courses relating to prawn-rearing and maintenance of fishing vessels and related accessories, among others, will be offered," Jayalalithaa said.

The university would play an important role in technological exchange and human resource training among others, she said.

Fisheries University to be set up in Tamil Nadu

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