As Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) on Thursday, the Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation (KFDC) is hoping to set up mega seafood parks in three coastal districts of Karnataka under the scheme. PMMSY aims to bring about blue revolution through sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector. Assuring that the project will revolutionise the sector, fisheries minister Kota Shrinivas Poojari said seafood parks will be one part of the PMMSY and a detailed project report will soon be prepared. KFDC has been looking for land close to the airport and port for the pet project of the fisheries minister. For Dakshina Kannada, land has been identified at Moodabidri, but the department is also looking at other options in Puttur and Mangaluru. The park is expected to come up in Gangolli of Udupi district. Officers in Uttara Kannada have been asked to identify land near Karwar, said KFDC managing director ML Doddamani. Speaking to TOI, KFDC assistant executive engineer Amarnath Jain said, The purpose of setting up the seafood park is to encourage exports, especially to the European Union. It will give a big boost to entrepreneurs who are into fish processing, production of value-added goods, cold storage, packaging and related activities. The plan is to provide A to Z facilities for the entrepreneurs and include all aspects of fish export. The fish production in India has registered an average annual growth of 7.5% during the last five years and stood at an all-time high of 137.5 lakh metric tons in 2018-19. The export of marine products stood at 13.9 lakh metric tons and valued at Rs 46,589 crores in 2018-19.