New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has exempted the operations of Fishing (Marine) and Aquaculture Industry from the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The MHA, on Friday, issued the fifth addendum to the consolidated guidelines annexed order dated March 24. This comes as the country is under lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. "Operations of the fishing (marine)/aquaculture industry, including feeding and maintenance, harvesting, processing, packaging, cold chain, sale and marketing; hatcheries, feed plants, commercial aquaria, movement of fish/shrimp and fish product, fish seed/feed, and workers for all these activities," were exempted in the order.