The Department of Fisheries in Madhya Pradesh and the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying (GoI) are organizing a fisheries conclave to strengthen linkages between production, investment, processing, and export markets.
On 23 October 2026, the Department of Fisheries, Government of Madhya Pradesh, and the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying (GoI) are organizing the Fisheries Investors & Exporters Conclave 2026 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The event aims to strengthen connections between inland fisheries production and investment, processing, cold-chain infrastructure, value addition, and export markets. It is intended to shift from a production-oriented approach towards an integrated value-chain model with a focus on improving market access and returns for fishermen and fish farmers.
The Conclave will bring together investors, exporters, fishers, over 1,000 fish farmers, fisheries cooperatives, Fish Farmer Producer Organisations (FFPOs), entrepreneurs, start-ups, processors, financial institutions, research organizations, and other stakeholders. Deliberations will focus on enterprise development, access to finance, market linkages, and opportunities for collaboration across the inland fisheries value chain, with a particular emphasis on integrating inland states into the fisheries investment and export ecosystem.
A key feature of the Conclave will be the release of the MADHYA PRADESH FISHERIES INVESTMENT AND EXPORT GUIDELINES, 2026. Madhya Pradesh has been notified by the Center as a Reservoir Fisheries Cluster. The policy is designed to facilitate investment across key segments of the fisheries value chain, including hatcheries, fish seed and feed, reservoir and cage fisheries, aquatic animal health, processing, cold-chain infrastructure, logistics, value addition, and market development.
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