{"id":5242,"date":"2021-04-28T04:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T04:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/?page_id=5242"},"modified":"2021-04-30T09:50:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T09:50:20","slug":"press-release-22-feb-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/?page_id=5242","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE 22 FEB 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5242\" class=\"elementor elementor-5242\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f3d8551 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f3d8551\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bc0424c\" data-id=\"7bc0424c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32142bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32142bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<h2><strong>Launching Of the Deep Sea Survey Programme On \u201cAssessment of Marine Mammal Population of the Indian EEZ\u201d <\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"id\":5243,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"wp-image-5243\" src=\"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.22-PM-2-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.22-PM-2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.22-PM-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.22-PM-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.22-PM-2-24x16.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.22-PM-2-36x24.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.22-PM-2-48x32.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.22-PM-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>India has exported 41,564 MT of wild caught marine products to USA in 2019-20 worth Rs.2,298.09 Cr (USD 329.73 million). \u00a0\u00a0USA has come out with a new regulatory programme under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which shall come into force by January 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As per the provisions of MMPA, the exporting countries must develop an appropriate regulatory programme comparable in effectiveness to the USA for reducing marine mammal by-catch and shall submit comparability findings <strong>before the deadline of 01<sup>st<\/sup> November 2021<\/strong>.\u00a0 Sensing the urgency of the situation and its serious impact on our seafood trade with USA, MPEDA has entrusted CMFRI for initiating the study on the \u201c<em>Assessment of marine mammals stock and by-catch of marine mammals and sea turtles<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 The stock of marine mammals will be estimated based on the Visual Surveys \u2013 By the way of estimation of marine mammals abundance through explanatory cruises &amp; Line Transect sampling and Acoustic surveys \u2013 By the way of passive acoustic monitoring along the Line Transect survey using towed hydrophone array.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MPEDA-CMFRI-FSI launched the deep sea survey programme on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> February 2021 by using the FSI MFV Lavanika at FSI-MED Jetty, Ernakulam.\u00a0 Shri K.S.Srinivas, IAS Chairman, MPEDA flagged off the sailing along with other dignitaries Dr. A Gopalakrishnan, Director, CMFRI, Dr. L Ramalingam, Director General, FSI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"id\":5244,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"wp-image-5244\" src=\"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.24-PM-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.24-PM-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.24-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.24-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.24-PM-1-24x16.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.24-PM-1-36x24.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.24-PM-1-48x32.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-22-at-12.40.24-PM-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This marine mammal survey would facilitate conservation and protection of marine mammals, uninterrupted export of the seafood and enhancing the livelihood of Indian fishers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launching Of the Deep Sea Survey Programme On \u201cAssessment of Marine Mammal Population of the Indian EEZ\u201d India has exported 41,564 MT of wild caught marine products to USA in 2019-20 worth Rs.2,298.09 Cr (USD 329.73 million). &nbsp;&nbsp;USA has come out with a new regulatory programme under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which shall&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5242"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5267,"href":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5242\/revisions\/5267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpeda.gov.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}