Answer: November 21
Notes: World Fisheries Day 2025 is celebrated by Department of Fisheries on 21st November with the theme “India’s Blue Transformation: Strengthening Value Addition in Seafood Exports.” On the eve of the day, the government announced that total fish production for 2025–26 is expected to cross 11 lakh metric tonnes. Gujarat is a leading state in fisheries, ranking second in marine fish production and sixth in total fish production in India. In 2024–25, Gujarat produced 10.42 lakh metric tonnes of fish, including 7.64 lakh metric tonnes of marine fish and 2.78 lakh metric tonnes of inland fish. There is high international demand for Gujarat’s frozen shrimp, ribbon fish, cuttlefish, and squid in China, Europe, America, and Japan.
