Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan 16: Union Minister Jitendra Singh will arrive in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on January 17 and will visit the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an official said on Friday. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, will go through a DPR on pilot scale cultivation of marine fin fish like tuna, cod and snapper and seaweed cultivation in open sea at Atal Centre for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands at Dollygunj in Sri Vijaya Puram. The archipelago has a potential of 1,48,000 tonne of sea harvesting assets, and the current harvest figure stands at 49,138 tonne per year.
