Government Urges Seafood Exporters to Explore New Markets

Ministers of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying S P Singh Baghel and George Kurian, along with Fisheries Secretary Abhilaksh Likhi, were also present.

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The government on Monday urged seafood exporters to "bravely face" the current challenge of high US tariffs and expand their reach to alternative markets for shipping shrimps and other fish varieties.

Addressing a press conference, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh said India has a wide range of untapped opportunities for seafood exports.

"The EU, Japan, South Korea, UK, Russia, Australia, West Asia, South East Asia and many other countries are available for the export of Indian seafoods," he said.

"We have asked them (exporters) to face the current challenge bravely. There are alternative markets available... Where there is a will, there is a way," Singh added.