The State Fisheries Department has undertaken various programmes for the development of the fisheries sector across Bengal. It is leading a balanced approach by enhancing fish production and thus ensuring nutritious foods for all while, at the same time, ensuring the protection of the fisher-folk by ensuring the adoption of sustainable methods of fishing and fish production. This approach has brought about considerable poverty alleviation. The Panchayats Department is also actively involved with the Fisheries Department. Bengal has achieved remarkable results in the inland fisheries as well as the marine fisheries sectors. Fish production during financial year (FY) 2017-18, upto December 2017, the production was 13.42 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), while the estimated production for the entire FY is 17.52 LMT. Fish seed production till December 2017 was 1.24 lakh. Bengal caters for a huge 40 per cent of the country’s demand in this respect. During FY 2018-19, Bengal will start supplying fish seed in large quantities to neighboring states. For augmenting the production of fish, a new model called Moyna Model was adopted during FY 2017-18. Its prime objective is the culture of mainly rohu, catla and mrigel at the rate of 12,000 kg per hectare per year in the seven districts of Cooch Behar, Murshidabad, Dakshin Dinajpur, North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah and South 24 Parganas as well as in Kalyani Fish Farm in Baro Sagar Dighi (Nadia district). Model fish farms have been identified covering 90 hectares of water area as well as 110 progressive farmers. Achievements in the export sector have also been quite significant under the Trinamool Congress Government. From 61,709 MT of fish worth Rs 1,734 crore during FY 2011-12, the figures reached 1,04,762 MT worth Rs 4,455.74 crore during FY 2016-17. For attracting substantial investments in the fisheries sector, the government has promulgated the West Bengal Fisheries Investment Policy 2015. From FY 2015-17 till now, 30 projects have been initiated at an investment (by both private and government players) of Rs 339.35 crore. During the Bengal Global Business Summit 2018, 19 memorandums of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 760.3 crore were signed. Thus, Bengal is marching ahead towards not only self-sufficiency in fish production but substantial contribution towards exports too.