Yanam — Puducherry's Andhra-coast enclave on the Godavari estuary — has rich brackish-water aquaculture but processing is informal. A small shrimp-and-fish processing unit selling to Vijayawada metro and online brands captures the value-add.
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Yanam sits at the Godavari estuary, a productive brackish-water aquaculture zone. Local farmers run shrimp ponds and traditional fishing yields. Processing capacity is split between informal village-scale operations and a few large export plants in Visakhapatnam — the middle-tier (small-batch, branded, retail-grade) is missing. A small unit handling 200–500 kg/day of cleaned, IQF-frozen shrimp and fish supplies Vijayawada metro retailers (1.5 hr) and online seafood D2C brands.
Capex of ₹12–24 lakh covers a small IQF freezer, vacuum packing, FSSAI/MPEDA certification, and 4 months of working capital. PMMSY provides up to 60% capital subsidy for fisheries value-add; NABARD-AIF (Agriculture Infrastructure Fund) supports the cold storage at concessional rates. The hard parts: meeting MPEDA microbial-load specs (export-equivalent quality is required even for domestic premium retail), white-spot disease risk in shrimp supply, and building 5–8 standing buyer accounts. Start with frozen shrimp only; whitefish range expansion comes year 2.
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