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Sea cucumber conservation in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, India "An evaluation of the current conservation measures on sea cucumber stocks in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar of India"

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Title Sea cucumber conservation in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, India "An evaluation of the
current conservation measures on sea cucumber stocks in
Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar of India"
 
Creator Asha, P S
Johnson, B
Ranjith, L
Vivekanandan, E
Subin, C S
Sheik Mohamed, M
 
Subject Seacucumber
 
Description Sea cucumber fishery and trade were one of the top non-finfish income streams for the coastal
people of Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar in the South East coast of India. As there was no regulation to
control the fishery, there was a concern on decline in sea cucumber populations. In order to
conserve the over-exploited stocks, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change,
Government of India banned the fishery and trade of sea cucumbers by including them under Wild
Life Protection Act 1972 since 2001. The enforcement of a blanket ban of sea cucumber fishing over
the last 14 years might have helped in reviving their populations; at the same time, the ban would
possibly had a social and economic impact on scores of people, who were dependent on the sea
cucumber fishery. To understand the situation, the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME)
project approved a short term project to Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (India). The
project was intended to understand the sea cucumber stocks and implications of the ban on the
livelihood of fishers in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar. The purpose of the project was also to suggest
management options for conservation and sustainable use of sea cucumber resources.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2015
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11737/1/Sea%20cucumber%20conservation%20in%20Palk%20Bay%20and%20Gulf%20of%20Mannar%20India.pdf
Asha, P S and Johnson, B and Ranjith, L and Vivekanandan, E and Subin, C S and Sheik Mohamed, M (2015) Sea cucumber conservation in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, India "An evaluation of the current conservation measures on sea cucumber stocks in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar of India". Technical Report. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi. (Submitted)