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Marine Fish Landings in India - 2015

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10796/
 
Title Marine Fish Landings in India - 2015
 
Creator CMFRI, FRAD
 
Subject CMFRI Misc Reports
Fish landing
 
Description The marine fisheries sector in India supports 4 million
fishermen population living in 9 maritime states and 2 union
territories for their livelihood by providing employment to
nearly 9.9 lakh fishermen. As per the 2012 FAO fishery statistics,
India stands 7th with regard to marine capture fish production in
the World after China, Indonesia, USA, Peru, Russia and Japan with
4.3% contribution. Marine living resources caught from the Indian
seas forms a major source of nutritional requirement of the people
and provide
export earnings
to the tune of
Rs. 33,440 crores. The marine fish
production has
increased from
about 50,000
tonnes in 1950 to
the all time high
of 3.94 million
tonnes in 2012
approaching the recommended potential of 4.4 million tonnes from
the Indian EEZ
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2016
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10796/1/Marine%20Fish%20Landings_2015.pdf
CMFRI, FRAD (2016) Marine Fish Landings in India - 2015. Technical Report. CMFRI, Kochi.