Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who inaugurated the ‘World Fisheries Day’ and ‘Matsya Mela 2025’ (Fisheries Festival) events organized by the Fisheries Department on Saturday, has announced that the state government would support the opening of a Fisheries University.

“The coastal line of Karnataka stretches up to 320 kilometres as well as 5.5 lakh hectares of inland water resources. The state ranks third in the country in fish production and fourth in fish export. Fishing is the source of livelihood of 10 lakh people of Karnataka,” he said.

Siddaramaiah added, “The annual supply limit of diesel for the mechanized boats has been increased from 1.5 lakh litres to 2 lakh litres since our government came to power. Kerosene for native boats is being provided at a discount r

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