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Title Utilisation of fisheries resources of the Indian exclusive economic zone
 
Names Ravindran, K.
Date Issued 2004 (iso8601)
Abstract The 320 km Indian Exclusive Economic Zone covers an area of 2.02 million km^2 with an estimated potential yield of 3.9 million tonnes of fish per annum. Of this nearly 50 is reported to be in the inshore waters and the rest in offshore and deep sea areas. There is vast fishery wealth for proper exploitation, processing into various marketable products. The total marine fish landing is around 2.7 million tonnes and out of this 70% is being utilised in the fresh condition, 20% is used for salting and drying and the rest 10% diverted to freezing. As far as export of fish and fish products is concerned, the lions share is contributed by frozen products. Frozen shrimp and fish are the major items of export. The paper describes in detail different methods of utilisation of fish into various products of commercial importance with the purpose of value addition and realization of higher returns. The methods of preservation and processing of fish and shell fish in the form of cured, heat processed, block frozen, individual quick frozen, mince and surimi based products battered and breaded convenience food and accelerated freeze dried products are described.
The present status of Indian fish processing industry shows that there are 414 registered fish processing plants operating, whose total installed capacity is 5000 tonnes/day. Of these, 96 plants have IQF facility. On an average, 30% of the total installed capacity was being utilised by these plants until recently. With the approval of 46 plants by the European Union, the percentage utilisation has increased considerably. The shrimp and fish that are exported from India are usually being used for the production of value added products by the importing nations. The seafood trade situation world over is undergoing a sea of changes. Rapid modernization is taking place in all spheres of fish processing activity; resulting in the upgradation of quality of the products. Product development and value addition are the needs of the day. The fish processors have met the requirements of HACCP, ISO 9002 and other relevant quality criteria as existing in the importing countries. Attempts have been made successfully for producing some of these value-added products in our country itself so that high value products could be developed for export. Detailed account of the different processes developed by Central Institute of Fisheries Technology in this regard are given. Apart from this utilisation of processing wastes into useful products is also an important aspect with respect to environmental hygiene as well as for making the processes more profitable. This aspect is also adequately covered.
Genre Article
Topic Fisheries resources
Identifier Paper presented at the International Symposium on "Large Marine Ecosystems: Exploration and Exploitation for Sustainable Development and Conservation Organised by Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai at Cochin, 25-27 November 1998 ed. by Somvanshi, V.S., 252-262