Archive · 18 Jul 2025
Fisheries Department Begins Marine Fishing Village Census Validation
The government is preparing for a big count of all the fishing villages in India.
They're checking and updating where these villages are located.
This helps them get a clear picture of the fishing communities.
Officials will visit each village to gather information, using a special app on their phones.
This data will help the government understand the needs of these communities better, so they can plan programs to help them.
Fisheries Department launches validation for the 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC-2025).
The exercise aims to update the frame of marine fishing villages across India.
The census is conducted under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
Officials will verify villages using a custom-built mobile application, VyAS-NAV.
The census will generate data for targeted interventions for sustainable development.
- Who
- Fisheries Department, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), and Fishery Survey of India (FSI).
- What
- Validation and geo-referencing of marine fishing villages for the 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC-2025).
- When
- Exercise launched on July 18, 2025
- Where
- Across India’s coastline and island territories.
- Why
- To establish an accurate and updated frame of marine fishing villages and gather granular data for sustainable development.
- Census Name
- 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC-2025)
- Initiating Body
- Fisheries Department
- Implementing Agency
- ICAR-CMFRI
- Project Under
- Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)
- Villages to be validated
- 3,500
- States/UTs
- 13 coastal
- Data Collection Method
- VyAS-NAV mobile app