16. What steps have been taken for
the growth of the fisheries?
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The major objectives for the development of the fishery's sub-sector during the fifth plan-period (1997-2002) were to:
generate additional employment opportunities in fisheries and ancillary industries to help alleviate poverty;
increase fish production and improve nutritional levels;
improve the socio-economic conditions of the fishermen, fish farmers and other people engaged in the fishery sub-sector;
increase export earnings from shrimps, fish and fish products;
improve environmental conditions;
improve the biological and institutional management mechanisms for the judicious use of fisheries' resources;
strengthen research, extension, management and co-ordination in order to transfer technology and encourage production activities in the private sector, and to ensure sustainable development of resources of th
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