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Title Can artificial reefs really enhance the inshore fishery resources along Indian coast? a critical review
 
Names Sreekanth, G.B.
Lekshmi, N.M.
Singh, N.P.
Date Issued 2017 (iso8601)
Abstract The depletion of fishery resources and their
habitats on account of fishing, pollution and other anthropogenic
activities necessitates their replenishment by some
strategic management approaches. Artificial reef (AR) is a
kind of artificial fish habitat which provides living, hiding
and breeding places for aquatic organisms and thereby
augmenting the biodiversity and abundance of fishery
resources. In particular, the installation of ARs along
coastal regions could bring down the fishing pressure from
mechanized sectors and thus support the small scale traditional
fisheries. Since the management based on AR is
not species specific but effective for all aquatic organisms
in the ecosystem, it allows fishery managers to move from
a single species framework to ecosystem based fisheries
management in the long run. Being a tropical coastal
nation, India has also initiated trials on AR deployment.
However, these studies so far are limited to the design,
construction and performance of AR. In this review paper,
the historical AR initiatives in India are critically analyzed
and potential areas for research and development that the
country can focus on are discussed particularly in the
perspective of supplementing the inshore fisheries.
Genre Article
Identifier Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. DOI 10.1007/s40011-017-0861-0