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Overview of some commercially important marine demersal fishes and fishery regulations

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Title Overview of some commercially important marine demersal fishes and fishery regulations
 
Creator Nair, Rekha J
 
Subject Fisheries Legislation
Demersal Fishes
 
Description Global total capture fishery production in 2014 was
93.4 million tonnes, of which 81.5 million tonnes from
marine waters and 11.9 million tonnes from inland
waters. Total capture production in marine waters was
81.5 million tonnes in 2014, a slight increase on the
previous two years (SOFIA, 2016).
Marine fish production of the country has shown an
increase of 6.6% compared to 2015 recording a total of 3.63 million t. Of the different
maritime states of India, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and the U.T.
of Daman & Diu registered increase in landings whereas the other coastal states Odisha,
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Goa recorded a decline in landings. Among
the four regions the north-west coast comprising of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Daman & Diu
contributed the maximum landings (11.83 lakh t). with 33% followed by south-west region
comprising of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa together with 11.13 lakh t (31%). The states of
West Bengal and Odisha
which forms the northeast
coast contributed 3.89 lakh t
forming 11% of the all India
landings.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2018
 
Type Book Section
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12718/1/e-Training%20manual_College%20of%20Fisheries_Chattisgarh_2018_2_Rekha%20J%20Nair.pdf
Nair, Rekha J (2018) Overview of some commercially important marine demersal fishes and fishery regulations. In: e-TRAINING MANUAL Recent advances in marine fisheries and taxonomic research in India. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 1-4.