The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) was established in 1972 with headquarters in Kochi, India. Its mandate is to promote the marine products industry with a focus on exports. MPEDA's functions include registering seafood export facilities, collecting trade information, promoting Indian marine products overseas, supporting infrastructure development, regulating quality, conducting research, and providing training. It operates laboratories and a quality certification logo program. MPEDA works to develop the marine products sector in India and increase seafood exports.

1. MARINE PRODUCTS EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Prepared by:
Bindu, H. A

2. INTRODUCTION
 Marine Products Exports
Promotion Council
 Establishment: 1972
 Headquarters: Kochi
 Mandate: To promote the
marine products industry
with special reference to
exports from the country

3. FUNCTIONS OF MPEDA
• Registration of infrastructural facilities for seafood
export trade.
• Collection and dissemination of trade information.
• Promotion of Indian marine products in overseas markets.
• Extending assistance for infrastructure development for better
preservation and modernized processing following quality
regime.
• Promotion of aquaculture
• Market promotional activities and publicity.

4. • To carry out inspection of marine products, its raw
material, fixing standards and specifications, training,
regulating the quality of seafood.
• Impart trainings to fishermen, fish processing workers,
aquaculture farmers and other stake holders.
• Conduct research and development for the aquaculture of
aquatic species.
• Conduct extension and awareness activities, trainings etc.
through Network for Fish Quality Management and Sustainable
Fishing (NETFISH) & National Centre for Sustainable
Aquaculture (NaCSA)

5. NETWORK FOR FISH QUALITY
MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE
FISHING (NETFISH)

6. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR
SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE
(NaCSA)
 Sectoral empowerment of small and marginal farmers.
 To adopt sustainable and environment friendly farming
practices to produce quality and safe aquatic products.
 Facilitates links between aquaculture stakeholders and
strengthen farmer societies, and farmers.
 Bottom-up approach

7. RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR
AQUACULTURE (RGCA)
 R & D arm of MPEDA
 Projects
1. Pilot scale Marine Finfish Hatchery Project at Vizhinjam,
Kerala
2. Grouper project at A & N islands
3. Seabass hatchery and Mud Crab hatchery projects at
Thoduvai, Tamil Nadu.
 Applied research in diversified species such as Seabass, Cobia,
Pompano, Tilapia, Groupers, Mud Crab.
 Focus is to expand its export oriented aquaculture base by
exporting high valued finfish and shellfish species.

8. MARINE STATES OF INDIA
Sl.
No.
States
Sl.
No.
States
1 Kerala 7 Maharashtra
2 Tamil Nadu 8 Gujarat
3 Pondicherry 9 West Bengal
4 Karnataka 10 Orissa
5 Andhra Pradesh 11 Goa
6
Andaman & Nicobar
Islands
12 Lakshadweep

9. MARINE PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM
INDIA
Fresh Shrimp Fresh Fin Fish Fresh Cuttlefish
Fresh Squid
Dried Shrimp Chilled Fish
Ornamental Fish

10. Exports of Marine Products from India (2013-14 to 2017-
18)
Item 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Fr. Shrimp Quantity (ton) 301435 357505 373866 434486 565980
Value (crore) 19368.3 22468.12 20045.5 24711.32 30868.17
Fr. Fin Fish Quantity 324359 309434 228749 296761.88 353192
Value 4294.81 3778.5 3462.25 4460.9 4674.03
Fr. Cuttlefish Quantity 68577 82353 65596 63320 69183
Value 1386.98 1833.21 1636.11 1944.5 2356.46
Fr. Squid Quantity 87437 69569 81769 99348 100845
Value 1731.97 1275.25 1615.21 2575.29 2451.87
Dried items Quantity 67901 70544 43320 61071 88997
Value 998 1010.16 725.58 871.74 1042.37
Live items Quantity 5080 5488 5493 6703 7034
Value 281.85 301.51 308.81 403.75 286.11
Chilled items Quantity 19755 31404 33150 31815 19501
Value 527.84 635.93 809.5 769.81 647.41
Others Quantity 109212 124947 113949 141442 172512
Value 1623.5 2138.94 1817.87 2133.59 2780.48
Total Quantity 983756 1051243 945892 1134948 1377244
Value 30213.26 33441.61 30420.83 37870.9 45106.89

11. MARKET-WISE MARINE PRODUCT
EXPORTS (2017-18)

12. PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE
Sl. No. Infrastructure facilities Capacity (MT)
1 Processing Plants 30,950.07
2
Storage (Cold storage,
Chillled storage, dry storage) 4,24,874.41
3
Handling Centres (Fresh,
chilled, live fish, dried,
salted fish)
5743.34
4 Pre-Processing 8,927.31
5
Other (Fishing vessel,
conveyance, ice plant)
1,76,960.85

13. VALUE ADDED MARINE PRODUCTS
Sl. No. Shrimp Products
Cephalopods
products
Finfish
Products
Other
products
1 Breaded shrimp
Marinated
squid
Fish pickles
Pasteurized
crab meat
2
Cooked salad
Shrimp
Stuffed squid Fish curry
Raw crab
meat
3 Shrimp pickle
Cuttlefish
skewers
Breaded Fish Crab cakes
4 Shrimp curry
Double
skinned
cuttlefish
Fish powder
Fried
fish/shrimp
5 Battered shrimp
Breaded
cephalopods
Fish soup
Seafood in
sauce/oil

14. PACKAGING
Pouch pack Vacuum packaged trays Sous Vide
Boil-in Pouches Retort Pouching

15. QUALITY CONTROL
• MPEDA has set up Labs at Kochi, Bhimavaram, Nellore and
Bhubaneswar with facilities to test seafood samples.
• Operating a nationwide network of ELISA labs to ensure
Antibiotic residue free aquaculture shrimp meant for export.
• MPEDA has evolved a Marine Products (Quality Marking)
scheme to grant logo as a mark of quality on seafood products
exported from India
• Investigate the rejections/detention reported from European
Union, Japan, USFDA and other markets to suggest corrective
actions

16. LOGO SCHEME
• Launched: 2010
• Symbol of quality
• Helps to create a special "Indian
brand image".
• It is a purely voluntary scheme
based on compliance to a set of
comprehensive quality
standards.

17. SUBSIDY SCHEME FOR AQUARIUM
FISH BREEDING UNITS
• Aim to tap the full potential of ornamental fishery as a
livelihood option and foreign exchange earner.
• Provide subsidy upto 25% of total investment with a cap of Rs
10 lakh for ornamental fishery to registered Self Help groups
and marketing societies.
• As of 2015-16, the company assisted 22 units with Rs. 95.01
lakh.

18. GREEN CERTIFICATION
• 2008
• Freshwater ornamental fishes
• Collection, handling, transport, holding, breeding, culture
facilities, infrastructure etc.
• Site selection, type of water, water source, water treatment,
fish holding area, packing area etc.
• GI certification
• Purpose: Produce quality fishes, reducing mortality and
making sustainable and eco-friendly environment.