Boost to fisheries sector: Snacks made of fish, prawn to hit markets in AP soon
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government has come up with a plan to promote sale of snacks made of fish, prawn and crab, in the form of ‘ready to eat food’, in view of their high protein value and health benefits to the people. It would now promote the sale of snacks made of fish, prawn and crab on lines of Chicken 65, chicken pakora, chilli chicken, garlic chicken and so on by setting up shops. It wants to encourage unemployed youths to take up the sale of snacks made with fish and its allied products by setting up retail outlets. Fisheries officials including village fisheries assistant, fisheries development officer and assistant director have been asked to identify interested individuals/groups to set up shops by availing government subsidy based on eligibility, for the sale of snacks made of fish, prawn and crab. Krishna district fisheries officer Srinivasa Rao said, “As the state government has set up a target to promote per capita consumption of fish, prawn and crab by 30 per cent from 10 per cent, it is promoting mainly the unemployed youth to set up such shops at street corners like how chicken pakora is being sold.”
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