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Indian marine fishing sector - An overview

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4357/
 
Title Indian marine fishing sector - An overview
 
Creator Nair, M K R
 
Subject Marine Fisheries
 
Description The Indian subcontinent with a total Iand area of 3.3
million km2 and a coast line of 8041 km is blessed with marine wealth. The west coast of the country is bordered by the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala. The east coast is constituted by the marine boundaries of Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. Besides these, we have sovereign rights over the waters around the Lakshadweep group of islands situated in the Arabian sea and Andaman & Nicobar group of islands situated in the Bay of Bengal. As per the laws of the seas convention, every country has sovereign rights over the waters lying within 200 nautical miles perpendicular to its respective coast line. This sea area is called the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The nations have absolute rights to explore, exploit, regulate and
conserve the living and non-living resources within their EEZ.
 
Publisher CIFT
 
Contributor Ravindran, K
Srinath, Krishna
Kunjipalu, K K
Sasikumar, V
 
Date 1998
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4357/1/1.Nair.pdf
Nair, M K R (1998) Indian marine fishing sector - An overview. In: Kadalekum Kanivukal (Bounties of the Sea). CIFT, Cochin, pp. 1-6.