Aquaculture & marine biotechnology programme in India

Marine biotechnologyis likely to play a major role in the commercial production of bio-active molecules and pharmaceuticals. The global market for products from marine biotechnology is forecast to reach over US$ 4.8 billion by 2020 and therefore marine bio-resources offer a lot of scope for the health and well-being of aquaculture production in the country through marine bio-business. In India, the developments in the field of aquaculture have been put forth by governmental initiations like DBT programme. Hence, in this article, those developments have been dealt briefly to create awareness among the public.