New Delhi, March 13 -- The Department of Fisheries, Government of India, will organise a first-of-its-kind National Conference on Cold Water Fisheries at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), Srinagar, on March 14, 2026.

The conference will be held under the guidance of Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Panchayati Raj, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Minister of State Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, Minister of State George Kurian, and Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Production Minister Javid Ahmad Dar.

The event is being described as the first national-level dialogue aimed at sustainably harnessing the potential of India's c...