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Cluster Profile Veraval seafood processing industries Gujarat Veraval Certificate of originality Original work of TERI done under the project “INDIA: TERI-SDC Partnership: Scaling up Energy Efficient Technologies in Small Enterprises (EESE)” This document may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational and non-profits purposes without special permission, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. SDC and TERI would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this document as a source. Suggested format for citation TERI. 2017 Cluster Profile Report – Veraval seafood processing industries New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute 14 pp. [Project Report No. 2014IE15] Disclaimer This document is an output of a research exercise undertaken by TERI supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for the benefit of MSME sector. While every effort has been made to avoid any mistakes or omissions, TERI and SDC would not be in any way liable to any persons/ organisations by reason of any mistake/ omission in the publication. Published by T E R I Press The Energy and Resources Institute Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi-110 003 India For more information Project Monitoring Cell T E R I Tel. 2468 2100 or 2468 2111 Darbari Seth Block E-mail [email protected] IHC Complex, Lodhi Road Fax 2468 2144 or 2468 2145 New Delhi – 110 003 Web www.ter iin .org India India +91 • Delhi (0)11 Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Overview of cluster ...............................................................................................................................1 Product types and production capacities ...........................................................................................2 Production process ................................................................................................................................3 Technologies employed ........................................................................................................................5 Energy scenario in the cluster ..............................................................................................................7 Energy consumption .............................................................................................................................7 Energy saving opportunities and potential .......................................................................................8 Major stakeholders .............................................................................................................................. 12 Cluster development activities .......................................................................................................... 12 Acknowledgements TERI places on record its sincere thanks to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for supporting the long-term partnership project focusing on energy intensive MSME clusters in India. TERI team is indebted to the Mr Kishan Fofandi (President of Seafood Exporters Association of India, Veraval) and Mr J P Patel (CEO, Veraval GIDC Association) for providing support and information related to seafood processing units in Veraval cluster. TERI extends its sincere thanks to Mr Haji Ismail J. Mothiya (Partner, JM Marine Exports), Mr Kenny Thomas and Mr Dilip Sarkar (Executive Secretary, Rajkot Engineering Association) for organizing field visits and interactions with industry personnel during the study. Last but not least, our sincere thanks to MSME entrepreneurs and other key stakeholders in the cluster for providing valuable data and inputs that helped in cluster analysis. Veraval seafood processing industries Overview of cluster Gujarat state holds top position in fisheries as it covers about 1/ 5th part of India along the coast (about 1600 km coastal line) as well as it comes under exclusive economic zone. It contributes about 25% of total marine production of India. There are abundant inland fisheries opportunities in Gujarat due to the presence of 6 large reservoirs, Sardar Sarovar command area and small water bodies. There is a significant growth in processing infrastructure in India due to (1) increased marine fishery, inland fishery, freshwater aquaculture, brackish-water aquaculture and better utilization of catch and (2) increased fish trade with both developed and developing countries. The processing infrastructures were setup near landing Veraval seafood processing industries centres to minimize time lost in transport of Source : Google map the catch. The state fishery department is actively working for improving productivity and production capacities. Major species processed in Veraval include ribbon fish, crocker, cuttle fish, squits, shrimps, lobster etc. There are total 60 registered fisheries units in the cluster which are distinguished as Europian Union exporting units (EU units) and Non Europian Union exporting units. There are about 10 units which exports to EU while remaining units export to south asian countries and China. Almost all the units operate only storage plants during off seasone i.e during June to September as there are no fresh fish available due to non-fishing activity during monsoon. The total annual turnover of Veraval seafood cluster is estimated to be Rs 3,350 crores, a majority of which comes from exports. Some of the prominent seafood processing industry in the cluster includes J M Marine Exports, Jini Marines and Shivganga Marine Products. Energy 2% The raw material i.e. fish is the single Labour major cost for seafood processing 15% industry accounting for about 70% of total input cost. Other major costs include labour, packaging and transport. Packing and Energy accounts for about only 2% of transport total processing costs. The yeild of the 13% plant is related to the recovery from raw fish. Due to low labour cost, manual Raw material operation is preferred over automated 70% processing. Break-up of processing costs 1 Cluster profile – Veraval seafood processing industries Product types and production capacities The cluster has 60 active processing units. The capacity utilization of these units varies according to fish capture and culture (season and off-season period)1. January to early April is “off-season” period and is marked by a product1ion level as low as 25% of annual average production. May to December is known as “season” with peak occurring during July to September (about 160% of annual average production). The average month- wise variations in production are Seasonal variation of production depicted in figure. All of the processing plants produce ready-to-cook (RTC) products. Based on their production levels, seafood processing units can be categorised into following categories. Categorization of seafood processing plants Category Production Employment Turnover (tonne/month) days (Rs crore/year) A 50 100 15 B 150 200 50 C 250 350 120 It may be noted that a majority of seafood processing units (about 40 units) fall under category B and can be termed as medium size. About 40 units fall under category B. About 10 units are of large size and fall under category C. The total quantity of processed seafood at cluster level is about 108,000 tonnes. During peak season, the units run at 100% capacity but for remaining period it is as low as 50%. Cold storage units are operated throughout the year. M ackerel Fish Ribbon fish M ajor products of the cluster 1Based on data collected from Fisheries units in Rajkot 2 Cluster profile - Veraval seafood processing industries Production process The major steps involved in processing of seafood include washing, gutting, skinning, trimming, grading, freezing, glazing, wrapping, metal detection, frozen storage and despatch. The entire processing area is air-conditioned. The major steps are explained below. (i) Inspection and washing of raw material Fresh or frozen fish is received from cold storage at reception yard; mostly raw fish are brought in ice filled buckets to keep them fresh. It is visually inspected by skilled personnel for product specifications such as appearance, odour, texture, foreign matter, species homogeneity and physical Fish washing characteristic such as size as per procurement order. The fish is rejected if it contains harmful, decomposed or extraneous substances which cannot be removed or reduced below a tolerable level. After washing, it is stored in container with flake ice to maintain at 0°C to +4°C. (ii) Fish preparation Fish preparation includes beheading, gutting, skinning and trimming. The raw fish is brought to working platforms (steel tables with proper drain arrangement). Skilled workers remove the head s of fish and de-gut it. Depending on requirement of product, de-shelling may or may not be performed. During the entire process, the fish is covered with flake ice to maintain a temperature of 0°C to +4°C. The reason for using flake ice (instead of tube or block ice) is its higher surface area that would help in faster cooling of product. However, flake ice also melts faster. Typically for processing one tonne of fish about two tonnes of flake ice is consumed. The Fish grading processing units have separate ice plants to meet the demands. Once fish is prepared, it is washed with clean water from tap installed above working platform and temporarily stored in container with flake ice. Typically, for one tonne of fish, about two tonnes of flake ice is used. The fish is then sent for further processing. (iii) Grading Grading is manually done by skilled