National Federation of Fishers Cooperatives Ltd (FISHCOPFED)

The National Federation of Fishers Cooperatives Ltd (FISHCOPFED) is the national apex body of India's fisheries cooperative movement, established in 1980 as the All India Federation of Fishermen's Cooperatives and renamed in 1982, headquartered in New Delhi. Its mission is to promote and develop India's fisheries cooperative movement and to provide education, guidance and support to fishers. According to its own figures, the federation brings together more than 80 state- and district-level fisheries cooperative federations, while India has more than 14,000 primary fisheries cooperative societies at the grassroots level with approximately 2.2 million fisher members.