On February 21, India took over the chairmanship of the Bay of Bengal (BOB) inter-governmental organisation from Bangladesh at the 13th Governing Council meeting in Male, Maldives.
The event was part of the high-level conference on ‘Policy Guidance for Mainstreaming Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) in Small-scale Fisheries’.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, Government of Maldives, hosted the conference in collaboration with the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization (BOBP-IGO).
The conference was successfully held from 20 to 22 February 2025 at Lankafinolhu, Maldives.
The Indian delegation, led by Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, presided over the program.
Shri Abhilaksh Likhi highlighted that India is committed to sustaining and further building on the achievements of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization (BOBP-IGO) on the occasion of its shifting leadership from Bangladesh to India.
He assured that the Department of Fisheries (Government of India) would work diligently to take the success of BOBP-IGO to new heights.
India would take the lead in providing definitive guidance for all future efforts for the development of the fisheries sector in all member countries.
