Alluri Indra Kumar ensured that prawn farmers were not impacted during the lockdown

The EU parliament has set a Sunday night deadline on the talks since it still will have to approve any deal ahead of year-end, when a transition period following the Jan. 31 departure of Britain from the bloc will expire

The laboratory is equipped with advanced testing instruments to analyse antibiotic residues, heavy-metals, such as cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic in seafood samples and histamine in fish like tuna and mackere

Level of operations could vary from industry to industry, ranging from as low as 10 per cent to as high as 70 per cent; unless demands pick up in the external market, it is unlikely that these industries would be back to their pre-COVID levels in 4-6 weeks

The lockdowns in both the countries due to Covid-19 is expected to badly affect the bilateral trade which declined by three billion billion dollar last year to USD 92.68 billion from USD 95.7 billion in 2018

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Invest systematically and iron out volatility triggered by disruptions such as the Covid 19 pandemic

From human hair to shrimp feed to related opportunities - Alluri Indra Kumar can find the link, and make it work.

According to a report by Globefish, a division of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN, India and Chile are expected to be the standout performers in 2017.

After registering a constant growth in the last seven financial years, India's seafood export value has fallen by 15 per cent in the last financial year, because of rising competition from Thailand and Vietnam, lowering sea catch in India and currency fluctuations.

Announcing this at the 20th edition of the three-day India International Seafood Show (IISS) in Visakhapatnam today, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the agencies for aquaculture and fisheries, under the guidance of the chief ministers and headed by their chief secretaries, will be under the aegis of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).

Aquaculture gains momentum on the back of meteoric rise in shrimp exports to the West and steady increase in domestic consumption of packaged fish.

The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Union budget has completely ignored fisheries and aquaculture sector, proposing incentives and investments only for agriculture.

What sets the company apart from competition? \"It is our continuous focus and R&D on feed formulation. We are constantly working on improvements,\"  says Alluri Indra Kumar, chairman and managing director of the company.