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Distribution Pattern of the Major Exploited Marine Fishery Resources of India

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Title Distribution Pattern
of the
Major Exploited Marine Fishery Resources of India
 
Creator Rao, K Virabhadra
 
Subject CMFRI Bulletins
Marine Fisheries
 
Description Of the total fish production of the Indian Ocean estimated at about 2.2 million metric tons in 1969
(FAO, 1966), about 40% is contributed by the landings from India and as in all warm tropical waters the
fisheries of this region are supported by a large number of pelagic, bathypelagic and demersal groups
which are exploited by varied types of gear. The fishing industry of India, as in most developing countries,
is passing through an initial, phase of changing over from the traditional to the modern methods of exploitation.
from the use of indigenous sail craft and rather less effective gear to fishing with the help of mechanised
craft and the larger powered vessels operating the more efficient types of fishing gear and other ancillary
equipments as the radars, fish finders etc. In the earlier times, the state government looked forward only to
increasing the revenues from the fisheries, but in the independent India there has been a change over to
offering financial assistance to promote expansion of the fishing and other dependent allied industries,
besides incurring expenditure on exploratory fishing, fisheries research and training of scientific and technical
personnel. For fisheries development substantial amounts were usefully expended by the Central and State
Governments during the First Five Year Plan (Rs. 27.8 million), the Second Five Year Plan (Rs. 90 million)
and the Third Five Year Plan (Rs. 250 million) periods. Much information on the potential fishery resources
of the inshore and offshore fishing grounds and of the life histories and biological behaviour of the commercially
important fish and prawn species has been gathered. The number of mechanised fishing craft increased
from about a dozen in 1951 to about 5000 in 1967. There has been an increase in the marine fish landings
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1969
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/565/1/Bulletin_6.pdf
Rao, K Virabhadra (1969) Distribution Pattern of the Major Exploited Marine Fishery Resources of India. Technical Report. CMFRI, Kochi.