Fisheries co-operatives in India are structured to promote the socio-economic development of fishermen by organizing them into cooperative societies at various administrative levels. The structure generally begins at the primary level, where individual fishermen in a village or a cluster of villages come together to form a Primary Fishermen Cooperative Society (PFCS). These societies are the grassroots units and serve as the direct link between the fishermen and the cooperative system. They manage local activities such as providing fishing inputs, small-scale credit, and basic infrastructure support. At the next level, there are District or Apex Cooperative Federations, which coordinate the activities of several primary societies within a district. These federations offer larger-scale services, including bulk procurement of fishing gear, processing facilities, marketing of fish, and access to government subsidies or schemes. They also assist