Union government is providing financial assistance given to states during the last three years for improving fishing infrastructure and strengthening processing and post-harvest management. With promotion, fish production increased in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal, and came down in states such as Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu during 2018-19.
Fish production has marginally declined in coastal states of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
| Production of Fisheries (in million tonnes) | |||
| Year | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2.76 | 3.44 | 3.99 |
| Goa | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Gujarat | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.72 |
| Karnataka | 0.55 | 0.6 | 0.58 |
| Kerala | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.71 |
| Maharashtra | 0.66 | 0.6 | 0.58 |
| Odisha | 0.6 | 0.68 | 0.73 |
| Tamil Nadu | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.67 |
| West Bengal | 1.7 | 1.74 | 1.77 |
However, export of fish and fisheries products has witnessed a significant growth in the last five years. It increased from ₹33,441.61 crore during 2014-15 to ₹47,621 crore during 2018-19.
Some of the coastal states like Odisha are yet to develop infrastructure like refrigerated handling facilities for fisheries. Hence much of these are routed to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
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