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Title Extension education for conservation and sustainability of coastal resources
 
Names Balasubramaniam, S.
Geethalakshmi, V.
Ashaletha, S.
Date Issued 2010 (iso8601)
Abstract Marine fisheries sector forms the source of livelihood for over 7 million
traditional fishermen inhabiting in over 3600 coastal fishing villages
situated along the country's coastal belt of 8118 km (DAHDF, 2009).
Besides, the sector provides direct and indirect employment for several
million of coastal population in fishing, processing, trading and ancillary
activities. As many as 14.48 million people in the country depend on
fisheries sector for their livelihood. There were about 1,04,270 traditional
fishing crafts, 75,591 motorised crafts and 58,911 mechanised crafts
totaling 2,38,772 fishing crafts operating in Indian waters (CMFRI, 2006).
In spite of the significant increase in fishing capacity and introduction of
new technologies, there has been a perceptible trend of stagnation in
capture fish production in recent years (GIFT, 2007: Bhathal and Pauly,
2008). The stagnation of fish production is a pointer towards the need
for not only the use of conservation methods but also the implementation
of coastal fishing management programs including adoption of responsible
fishing techniques in order to sustain the fishery resources.
Genre Article
Topic Marine fisheries
Identifier 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 835-845