0.1 Agreement

• 0.1.1 India and Israel signed a Joint Ministerial Declaration of Intent.
• 0.1.2 Objective: Strengthen cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture.
• 0.1.3 Date of signing: 14 January 2026.

0.2 Context

• 0.2.1 High-level Indian delegation visited Israel during 13–15 January 2026.
• 0.2.2 Delegation led by Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh.
• 0.2.3 Occasion: Second Global Summit on “Blue Food Security: Sea the Future 2026”.
• 0.2.4 Venue: Eilat, Israel.

0.3 Participating Countries

• 0.3.1 India.
• 0.3.2 Israel.

0.4 Key Areas of Cooperation

• 0.4.1 Joint R&D in advanced aquaculture technologies:
  • Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS).
  • Biofloc technology.
  • Cage culture.
  • Aquaponics.
• 0.4.2 Breeding of high-yield species and pathogen-free seed development.
• 0.4.3 Broodstock development and genetic improvement programmes.
• 0.4.4 Mariculture, including seaweed cultivation.
• 0.4.5 Water management in aquaculture using Israeli water-saving technologies.

0.9 Centres of Excellence

• 0.9.1 Proposal to establish Indo–Israel Centres of Excellence for Fisheries and Aquaculture.
• 0.9.2 Modelled on existing 43 Indo–Israel Agricultural Centres of Excellence.