Kochi: A major nationwide effort to document India’s marine fishing community will be launched on Friday (October 31), marking the start of household enumeration under the 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC) 2025.

The initiative, covering over 1.2 million fisher households across all coastal states and Union Territories, aims to provide crucial baseline data for sustainable fisheries management and policy formulation.

Union Minister of State for Fisheries George Kurian will formally inaugurate the census and a national workshop at the ICAR–Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) at 10 a.m.

The programme is coordinated by the Department of Fisheries (DoF) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, as part of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

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