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Pelagic fin fishery resources of India

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Title Pelagic fin fishery resources of India
 
Creator Abdussamad, E M
 
Subject Pelagic Fisheries
 
Description India is endowed with a long coastline of 8129 km. Being tropical country, the marine
ecosystem bordering Indian sub-continent contain large number of species adapted to wide
range of habitats, from mangrove swamps, estuaries, saline lagoons, sea grass meadows,
sandy/ muddy/rocky coasts, coral reefs, oceanic islands to deep oceanic realms. Theses
resources are supporting the marine fishery of the country. The water spread of continental
shelf is 0.5 million sq. km and of EEZ is 2.02 million sq. km. The annual catchable marine
fishery potential of the EEZ is 4.42 million tonnes. India is one of the leading nation of the
world in marine fish production and export.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2017
 
Type Book Section
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12165/1/3-Pelagic%20fin%20fishery%20resources%20of%20India.pdf
Abdussamad, E M (2017) Pelagic fin fishery resources of India. In: Course Manual Summer School on Advanced Methods for Fish Stock Assessment and Fisheries Management. Lecture Note Series No. 2/2017 . CMFRI; Kochi, Kochi, pp. 28-31.