Fishpreneurship Present Status, Challenges and Opportunities

The economicgrowth of a country is largely attributed to commodity based entrepreneurship development in various sectors.The growth focuses on concept,of entrepreneurship with objective of developing small-scale industries.In spite of India's high-profile economic growth in recent times, more thah 300 million'of our population still live in poverty.Among them, more than two-thirds of the population depend on agriculture and allied sectors for their livelihood,which is largely at small-scale or subsistence level. Today,Indian fisheries is considered as a sunrise sector,with high potential for rural development,gender mainstreaming,food and nutritional security as well as export earnings that can be treated as a rural entrepreneur-led hybrid model for small scale entrepreneurship.Being a potential foreign,exchange earner,this sector stimulates growth of subsidiary industries assuring availability of affordable nutritious food for socio-economically backward small farm holders.Hence,the entrepreneurial opportunities involved in fisheries sector have to be rightfully explored and utilized through entrepreneurial motivation, technology empowerment,skill up-gradation through different management techniques and sustenance mechanism.Realizing the importance of entrepreneurship issues in fisheries,