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The Central Marine Fisheries Research Centre and Tamil Nadu Fisheries University also organised programmes in connection with the World Fisheries Day, he added. At a function organised at the Fisheries Department office here, Additional Director of Fisheries G.S. more-inDistribution of welfare assistance, seminar on sustainable fishing and competitions for school students on preservation of marine resources marked the celebration of World Fisheries Day on Tuesday. At Thangachimadam, drawing, essay and oratorical competitions were organised for the wards of fishermen on sustainable fishing and preservation of marine resources, Mr Sameeran said. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled the subsidised deep sea fishing project under the blue revolution scheme, the Fisheries department was taking effective steps to provide long liners, each costing at ?80 lakh with beneficiary contribution of ?8 lakh..