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Exploitation of marine fishery resources and its contribtuion to Indian economy

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Title Exploitation of marine fishery resources and its contribtuion to Indian economy
 
Creator Silas, E G
Jacob, T
Alagaraja, K
Balan, K
 
Subject Fisheries Economics
Fisheries Resources Assessment
CMFRI Special Publications
 
Description India possesses a long coastline, of about 6400 Km.
Declaration of the Exclusive Economic Zone has resulted in
about 2 million sq. km area of marine waterspread coming under
the control of India, against its land area of about 3.2 million
sq. km. The marine living resources of India are vast and
varied, and the possible yield from these resources has in recent
years opened up new vistas for their exploitation. This paper
presents information on the status and means of exploitation of
these resources, the exports and per-capita availability of marine
products and their contribution to the national wealth.
There are 2408 fishing villages fringing the coastline of
India, with 1414 fishlanding centres. According to the census
carried out by Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in
J 980, the total marine fisherfolk population was about 2.1
million. There are 0.14 million indigenous craft comprising
plank built boats, dug-out canoes and catamarans. Mechanized
boats number about 19000, of which 60% are trawlers.
 
Publisher CMFRI, Cochin
 
Date 1986
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2984/1/Special_Publication_No_29.pdf
Silas, E G and Jacob, T and Alagaraja, K and Balan, K (1986) Exploitation of marine fishery resources and its contribtuion to Indian economy. CMFRI Special Publication, 29. pp. 1-32.