Sanitation improvements in Visakhapatnam, A.P. may help reopen EU market for shrimp
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Hindu] By Santosh Patnaik - September 17, 2014 -
VISAKHAPATNAM,ANDHRA PRADESH, The hope of exporting seafood to the European Union has been revived with the decision to launch a joint initiative by the Visakhapatnam Port Trust, the district administration, and the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, to improve sanitation and hygiene at the fishing harbour here.
Following stoppage of exports to the EU, the seafood entrepreneurs had to bank on the U.S. and partly Japan and China to market their ‘catch’. Visakhapatnam accounts for a lion’s share out of exports being made from Andhra Pradesh, which is estimated at Rs.12,000 crore...
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