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Status of fisheries economics and extension research in India-opportunities and challenges

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Title Status of fisheries economics and
extension research in India-opportunities
and challenges
 
Creator Sathiadhas, R
Ramachandran, C
Vipinkumar, V P
Prathap, K Sangeetha
 
Subject Socio Economics and Extension
 
Description The agenda for sustainable economic development primarily focuses upon
growth with stability. Fisheries is one of the key sectors of Indian economy
contributing to about one per cent of the national GDP and 4.12 per cent of
agricultural GDP (2003-04). Rationality in terms of economics and extension
of appropriate technologies plays a major role in attaining optimum
production, equitable distribution, efficient marketing and evolving alternate
management strategies for balanced development of the coastal population.
Marine fishing industry in India has undergone progressive rapid changes in
the last four decades with intensive mechanisation process leading to the
increased production of shrimps and fishes, but at the cost of disturbing the
distributive justice that has marginalised the traditional sector. The traditional
sector opted for rapid motorisation of the artisanal fleets during the eighties
mainly to overcome this unbalanced economic growth. This issue has been
effectively tackled by extensive capacity building efforts by scientists/
extension workers in disseminating feasible, economically viable and suitable
technologies to the coastal people. It has been proved in each and every phase
of technology transfer that the involvement of the fishermen is a necessity for
quick adoption and wide spread diffusion of the innovative technologies in
capture and culture fisheries. Further, promoting the ethos of Responsible
fisheries among the coastal fisherfolk is essential for conservation of precious
biodiversity and deceleration of resource depletion. It is imperative that the
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2007
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/66/1/13.New_Sathiadass.pdf
Sathiadhas, R and Ramachandran, C and Vipinkumar, V P and Prathap, K Sangeetha (2007) Status of fisheries economics and extension research in India-opportunities and challenges. In: Status and Perspectives in Marine Fisheries Research in India. CMFRI, Cochin, pp. 362-404. ISBN 81-901219 6-0