Port Blair, Sept. 4: Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.) Hon'ble Lt Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency participated in the 30th Southern Zonal Council meeting chaired by Shri Amit Shah, Hon’ble Union Home and Cooperation Minister and hosted by Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram to promote fisheries & other marine products recommended. Institution of Co-operative mechanism with coastal States to utilize the untapped potential in a mutually beneficial arrangements including direct exports from Port Blair to South East Asia since MPEDA and EIA have directly been setup. Also, to ensure greater availability of land both for Agriculture & developmental infra projects, recommended compensatory Afforestation by Andaman and Nicobar Administration in member States and Southern Zonal Council.