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Integrating climate change and Blue Economy in fisheries research and education in India

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Title Integrating climate change and Blue Economy in fisheries
research and education in India
 
Creator Shyam, S Salim
Elizabeth James, Harsha
 
Subject Climate change
Marine Environment
 
Description Fisheries, the fastest food producing sector in the country plays a pivotal role
in ensuring food and nutritional security of the growing population, employment
generation, enhanced income and foreign exchange earnings. The fisheries resources,
resource users and the environment have contributed in tandem to the sustained fish
production and fishers welfare through technology upgradation and augmented capital
investment in the sector. The sector had been growing at an impressive rate of 6.65
per cent in marine ssctor and f 26.07 per cent in inland sector. The country has earned
more than 5.78 billion US dollars foreign exchange (i.e., Rs.37, 871 crores) in 2016-
17 through, exports of fish and fishery products. The present fish production is 9.3
million tonnes with a contribution of 3.93 million tonnes from marine sector and 5.46
million tonnes from inland sector. The fisheries contribution to GDP is 81400 crores
contributing to around 0.82 per cent of the total GDP. The sector contributes around
7.3 per cent of the agriculture GDP. In terms of resources the country possesses a
huge resource profile with an Exclusive Economic Zone of 2.02 million square km
and a coastline of 8129 kms. In order to address the food security concerns of the
country it is important to harness its fisheries resources.
 
Date 2018
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11941/1/Shyam%20Salim_2018_ISAFE_Integrating%20climate%20change%20and%20Blue%20Economy%20in%20fisheries.pdf
Shyam, S Salim and Elizabeth James, Harsha (2018) Integrating climate change and Blue Economy in fisheries research and education in India. In: 3" International Symposium on Aquaculture and Fisheries Education, 16th - 18th May, 2018, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai, India.