Responsible fishing in coastal fisheries of India
Responsible fishing in coastal fisheries of India
Date
2010
Authors
Meenakumari, B.
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)
Abstract
Marine fishery potential of the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
is estimated at about 3.93 million t. About 58% of the resources is available
at a depth of 0-50 m, 35% at 50-200 m and 7% from beyond 200 m
depth (M0A, 2000). The marine fish landings in India has increased from
0.58 million t in 1950 to 3.2 million tin 2008, which forms about 82%
of the estimated fishery potential (Fig. 1). India's exports of marine fish
and fish products rose from Rs. 25 million in 1950-51 to As. 86079 million
during 2008-09. Shrimps constitute 210110 of the exports in terms of volume
and 44% in terms of value (MPEDA, 2010).The export base has diversified
to frozen fish, squid and cuttlefish, and dried, live and chilled fish products.
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Keywords
Coastal fisheries, marine fishery, Exclusive Economic Zone, marine environment, fishery resources
Citation
Proceedings of the National Seminar on Conservation and Sustainability of Coastal Living Resources of India, 1-3 December 2009, Cochin, ed.by Meenakumari, B. et.al 235-245