The State Fishery Officers’ Association, West Bengal is celebrating its Golden Jubilee Year. It started its journey in the year 1973 and has completed glorious 50 years. SFOA, WB is a registered Association that includes the Block level Fishery Extension Officer upto the Additional Director of Fisheries (Tech) as its proud Members in the Fisheries Department, Govt. of West Bengal.
SFOA, WB does not only take care to safeguard the right & interest of its Members but is also very careful for all-round development of the Fisheries & Aquaculture sectors as well as socio-economic development of the Fishers in West Bengal.
Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal has a very long history since 1911. At present, West Bengal occupies the 2nd place in total fish production (18 LT) and the 1st place in fish seed production in the Country. Even if we consider the State Domestic Product (SDP), the fishery occupies the second place in the state among the Agriculture and allied activities.
Fisheries and aquaculture have been identified as the very powerful sectors for Supply of nutritional food, employment generation and environmental conservation. So, the accelerated development of the Sector is the need of the day. Our Association is always ready to support the Fishers/Organizations/Institutions/Entrepreneurs icw activities related to the Fisheries & Aquaculture. You may feel free to ask our help in this regard.
