Visakhapatnam, June 5 -- Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Chirag Paswan on Friday said India's seafood sector has significant potential for expansion through processing and value addition, stressing the need to move beyond exporting raw fish and focus on ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook products to meet rising global demand.

Speaking on the sidelines of the National Workshop on Seafood Exports in Visakhapatnam, Paswan said increased processing would help strengthen the sector and support the government's vision of positioning India as a global food basket.

Speaking to ANI, Paswan said, "After having the interaction with all the stakeholders concerning the seafood industry, we have realised that there's a huge scope of process...