Matsyafed and KUFOS: the apex fisheries federation and the fisheries university

Background

This explains two Kerala institutions in the fisheries sector. Matsyafed, the Kerala State Co-operative Federation for Fisheries Development Ltd., was registered on 19 March 1984 as an apex federation of primary welfare societies in the coastal fishery sector. Its objective is the economic and social development of fishermen through schemes in production, procurement, processing and marketing. The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) was established on 20 November 2010 and is governed by the KUFOS Act, 2010. Its page calls it the first Fisheries University formed in India. Its headquarters is at Kochi, with the main campus of 75 acres at Panangad.