Fishery sector has high potentiality in our country. The fishery resources are very rich in West Bengal which is one of the leading fish producing states in India. Fishery cooperatives are developed in this state in the line of Indian cooperative movement. West Bengal occupies 4th rank as per the number of PFCS in India. Among the Districts of West Bengal, Murshidabad has the highest number of PFCS. A primary survey has been done in this district on the functioning of PFCS. The survey finds very grim picture about the performance of the co-operatives in the district. The suggestive measures for the improvement of PFCS in Murshidabad District have been proposed in this paper.

Keywords: Fishery; PFCS; Murshidabad.