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Seaweed park to be set up in Tamil Nadu

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Environment
  • Published
    19th Apr, 2022

Context

A seaweed park will be set up in Tamil Nadu once the state government allocates the necessary land for the first time in the country to improve the livelihood of fishers.

  • The project would be implemented under the Prime Minister’s Matsya Sampada Yojana to increase fish stocks in Rameswaram and Mandapam areas.

What is Seaweed?

  • "Seaweed" is the common name for countless species of marine plants and algae that grow in the ocean as well as in rivers, lakes, and other water bodies.

  • Some seaweeds are microscopic, such as the phytoplankton that live suspended in the water column and provide the base for most marine food chains. 
  • Some are enormous, like the giant kelp that grow in abundant “forests” and tower-like underwater redwoods from their roots at the bottom of the sea.
  • Most are medium-sized, come in colors of red, green, brown, and black, and randomly wash up on beaches and shorelines just about everywhere.

Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana

  • Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana is a scheme to bring about ecologically healthy, economically viable, and socially inclusive development of the Fisheries sector of India.

  • Implementing Agency: The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India.

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