National fish farmers day is being celebrated today. Union Minister for fisheries Parshottam Rupala inaugurated the celebrations, at Mahabalipuram near Chennai, by opening an exhibition on fisheries start ups and fish cooperatives. Union Minister of State for fisheries L.Murugan and Union Minister of State Dr. Sanjeev K Balyan were present at the inauguration. State Minister of fisheries Anitha Radhakrishnan was also present at the inauguration. They interacted with the exhibitors at the venue. The Minister will virtually inaugurate fisheries projects and also virtually interact with the fisher folks at the inaugural sites today. The two-day celebrations will also have an assessment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research initiatives and discussion with fisheries departments of various states.