The government will organise the 'India International Seafood' show in Visakhapatnam to boost trade and commerce in this sector.
This information was shared by the Commerce and industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while laying the foundation stone of sub-office of Export Inspection Council (EIC) at Visakhapatnam.
"We are going to conduct the India International Seafood Show in Visakhapatnam," the commerce ministry said in a statement quoting Sitharaman.
She also assured full support to the sector to facilitate the exports.
The minister informed that the sub-office complex will be supported with state-of-the-art laboratory with latest facilities and sophisticated instruments to meet the analytical requirements of seafood industries at Visakhapatnam.
She said that the building will be ready by 2017.
EIC along with its field agency -- Exports Inspection Agencies -- has a network of 30 sub-offices. They are responsible for the quality control and inspection of notified commodities from India.
