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Marine Fish Stock Status of India 2022 (ICAR-CMFRI):
The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) released the landmark assessment of 135 marine fish stocks along the Indian coast for the year 2022.
The assessment revealed that $91.1\%$ (i.e., $\gt 90\%$) of the assessed marine fish stocks in Indian waters were in a healthy and sustainable status (biomass exceeding biomass at maximum sustainable yield, $B \gt B_{\text{MSY}}$, and fishing mortality below $F_{\text{MSY}}$).
Only $4.4\%$ of stocks were deemed overfished and $4.4\%$ were recovering, reflecting robust sustainability of Indian marine fisheries.