Address: MPEDA House, Building No: 27/1162, P.B.No:4272, Panampilly Avenue, Panampilly Nagar PO, KOCHI - 682 036, KERALA

 India and its highly promising seafood industry needed an organisation to spearhead the market promotion of Indian seafood products abroad and to tap the enormous fishery potential of India. This need has led to the formation of the Marine Products Export Promotion Council (MPEPC) by the Government of India in September 1961. MPEPC played the role of promoting and developing export of marine products and subsequently seafood export promotion has become an integral part of policy frame works of the Government of India. The port of Cochin, which handled about 60% of seafood exports in those days made Cochin the ideal home for the MPEPC to set up its base. Read More