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Marine Fisheries Policy Brief-1 Kerala

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Title Marine Fisheries Policy Brief-1 Kerala
 
Creator Pillai, N G K
Vivekanandan, E
Ganga, U
Ramachandran, C
 
Subject CMFRI Marine Fisheries Policy Series
CMFRI Special Publications
Policy
Marine Fisheries
 
Description Kerala which has a coastline of 590 km ranks first in marine fish
production of India, contributing nearly 25% (5.81 lakh tonnes on average)
to the total annual production. The export of marine products from the State
earns valuable foreign exchange besides affording innumerable job
opportunities in the industry. The population depending on fisheries has
steadily increased over the years and stood at 6,02,234 in 2005 (Anon.,
2005). Kerala has been in the forefront of absorbing innovative and new
technologies in fishing practices, which have led the marine fisheries sector
to take a complex structure. The 1980s was an important period in the
development of marine fisheries in Kerala. In the first half of the period the
motorized sector grew rapidly and became the most important sector yielding
the maximum catch in 1988. By that time, ringseine became very popular
in exploiting the pelagic resources and replaced the boatseines to a very
great extent. Huge size of the new net (450 to 1000 m long) and large
number of crew (30 to 50) needed for its operation necessitated larger boats
with high capacity outboard engines (3 outboard engines of 40 hp each).
This facilitated extension of fishing grounds for the motorized sector. The
fishing grounds covered by the mechanised sector also extended by
increasing the boat size and fishing effort and efficiency through multi-day
fishing during the late 90s.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4000/1/CMFRI_SP_100_ENG.pdf
Pillai, N G K and Vivekanandan, E and Ganga, U and Ramachandran, C (2009) Marine Fisheries Policy Brief-1 Kerala. CMFRI Special Publication, 100. pp. 1-24.