World Fisheries Day is celebrated every year on November 21

World Fisheries Day is
celebrated every year on November 21 to highlight the importance of healthy
oceans ecosystems and to ensure sustainable stocks of fisheries in the world.
Fishing communities celebrate this day through rallies, workshops, public
meetings, cultural dramas, exhibition, and music shows.

Fisher folks also demonstrate
the importance of maintaining the fisheries of the world along with
highlighting the problems like overfishing and mechanization. The day also
explores moves towards finding solutions to the increasingly inter-connected
problems that world is facing to follow the sustainable model.

In a tweet, Agriculture
Minister Radha Mohan Singh lauded the efforts of the fisherfolks in enhancing
fish production, creating avenues of Employment and Nutritional Security.

He said, the Fisheries and
Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund of 7,522 crore rupees will augment
production and create more jobs.