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Close to 350 stalls spread over 7,000 sq m will be set up during the three-day event, being organised by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA). One of Asia’s largest seafood fairs, IISS will help people know more about the marine wealth of the country, including black tiger shrimp, vannamei shrimp, cuttlefish, pomfret, mud crab, tuna, mackerel, ribbon fish, squid and octopus. “Experts will deliberate on policies and actionable roadmaps to achieve India’s marine products export target of $10 billion by 2022,” said MPEDA chairman K S Srinivas. He said the event will allow all stakeholders to deliberate on various aspects of the seafood industry for striking business deals. MPEDA chairman K S Srinivas said of the total seafood exports from India annually, 16 per cent is to China..