Fisheries officials attend int’l event in Istanbul

| | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

National Federation of Fishers’ Cooperatives Ltd (FISHCOPFED) President and International Cooperative Fisheries Organisation (ICFO) Vice-President T Prasad Rao Dora and FISFICOPFED MD Bimal Kumar Mishra visited Istanbul in Turkey from July 2 to 5 to participate in an international event on the occasion of the 8th World Fishery Cooperative Day on July 3.

They attended the programme sponsored by the ICFO and the Turkish Fisheries Federation and on the invitation of the ICFO, South Korea.

In the meeting with the ICFO officials it was decided that the next World Fisheries Cooperative Day would be organised in India and it was also decided to support to fishery cooperatives.

The fishery cooperative movement of India shall be immensely benefited by the strategic alliance between the ICFO and FISHCOPFED.