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Sikka, India seafaring. Reliance Industries Limited is operating one of the largest grass root refineries in the world here. This plant covers an area of approximately 25 square kilometers. Another attraction of sikka from the point of research and education is its Fisheries Research Station,Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka which was established in 1962. Its deals with the breeding and conservation of marine mollusc an including pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata), edible oyster crossostrea graphoides, opisthobranch fauna, chank and other rare and endangered species. A historical coastal port, mainly inhabited by seafarers and fishermen, became a town when it housed a cement factory in