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National Policy on Marine Fisheries, 2017
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- The Government has notified National Policy on Marine Fisheries, 2017 (NPMF, 2017) to encourage marine fishing in the Indian waters.
- The NPMF provides guidance for promoting ‘Blue Growth Initiative’, which focuses on ushering 'Blue Revolution’.
- It aims to ensure the health and ecological integrity of marine living resources of India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) through sustainable harvests for the benefit of present and future generations of the nation.
- The Strategy of NPMF is based on 7 pillars.
- They are Sustainable development, socio-economic upliftment of fishers, principle of subsidiarity, partnership, inter-generational equity, gender justice and precautionary approach.
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