India fish production
Total fish output (inland + marine) — India is the world's second-largest producer.
Fish production
19.78 MT
2024-25 · in million tonnes
Trend
The numbers
| 2021-22 | 16.3 |
| 2022-23 | 17.6 |
| 2023-24 | 18.4 |
| 2024-25 | 19.8 |
Total of inland and marine fish production for the financial year (April–March).
What the numbers say
- India is the world's second-largest fish producer (~8% of global output) and leads in shrimp production and export.
- Output climbed to about 19.8 million tonnes in 2024-25 — more than double the 9.6 MT of 2013-14 — driven mainly by inland aquaculture.
- Fisheries is one of the fastest-growing parts of the farm economy, expanding roughly 9% a year.
Related
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- WTO Fisheries Subsidy Pact Ratified: Kerala's Traditional Fishermen Fear Being Left Behind27 July 2026
- ICAR-CIFRI Leads Week-Long Survey and Conservation Drive to Protect Teesta River's Endemic Fish Species19 July 2026
- CMFRI Takes Soil Health Crusade to Kochi Farmers with Seaweed Biofertilisers and Fish-Waste Manure3 July 2026
Sources
Department of Fisheries (Ministry of Fisheries, AH&D), released via PIB.
Last reviewed 16 August 2026.