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Status and scope of research on pelagic fisheries of India

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Title Status and scope of research on pelagic
fisheries of India
 
Creator Pillai, N G K
Jayaprakash, A A
Ganga, U
 
Subject Pelagic Fisheries
 
Description Extensive and indiscriminate exploitation of marine natural resources,
during the last three decades is leading to a situation where no more
commercial fish stocks may be left in the sea by year 2050 unless ecosystems
are protected and the biodiversity is revived, warns a new study cataloging
the global collapse of marine ecosystems (Worm et al., 2006). The task of
understanding the dynamics of large marine ecosystems to offer effective
and relevant scientific advice to develop management interventions is a
difficult, complex, expensive and lengthy process. This is especially true in
the Indian context where the country has an EEZ of 2.02 million km2, which
contributes nearly 40% of the total fish production from the Indian Ocean.
Fishes have been mentioned in the ancient literature of India including the
epics such as Ramayana and Mahabaratha. Excavations from Mohenjodaro
and Harappa indicate that fishing with hooks and nets was common as back
as 3000 B.C. and over the years fishing and fisheries in India have evolved at
a rapid pace (Ayyappan et al., 2004). Marine fisheries is basically harnessing
a natural resource and therefore its management must anchor on knowledge-
based interventions generated through close monitoring of their distribution,
abundance, exploitation, population dynamics and fluctuations of fish stocks
in relation to natural factors and anthropogenic interventions. Against a
scenario of an ever-increasing population and stagnant marine fish production
in recent years, per capita seafood availability is a serious concern. The country
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Contributor Mohan Joseph, M
Pillai, N G K
 
Date 2007
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/57/1/4._New_Pillai_NGK.pdf
Pillai, N G K and Jayaprakash, A A and Ganga, U (2007) Status and scope of research on pelagic fisheries of India. In: Status and Perspectives in Marine Fisheries Research in India. CMFRI, Cochin, 52 -114.