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Bio-economic evaluation of semi-intensive shrimp farming in Kerala

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Title Bio-economic evaluation of semi-intensive shrimp farming in Kerala
 
Creator Prasad, G
 
Subject Aquaculture
Theses
Farming/Culture
Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Penaeid shrimps are, perhaps, the most important fishery resource
of the coastal waters of our country. Their exceptionally tasty,
protein-rich flesh tops any seafood in for eign exchange earnings. No
wonder, the demand oC shrimp, the "Pinkish Gold of the Sea" OIPEDA,
1992), is increasing in the world market. The high demand of shrimp in
the developed countries, espec ially USA and Japan, since the beginning
of the sixties, has been a strong incentive Cor de veloping countries
with good shrimp fishery grounds, to concentrate on this Cisher y .
Although penaeid species are Cound in all the seas of the world upto
subpolar latitudes, their . distribution is mainly tropical and
subtropical (Wickins, 1976a). Most oC the species of high commercial
value, and their most productive fishing grounds, are d istributed
between the tropics (Pedinl, 1981).
The high demand and the high price ot shrimp in the International
market have led to a rapid increase in the number of shrimp trawlers in
the fishing fleets oC the developing countries, r esulting in inte nsive
exploitation, rather overexploitation, of this resource; shrimp fishery
of many of the countries, t hus, has been de ple ted , is fast dwindllng,
or has reached the maximum s ustainable yield . The global production of
shrimp by capture had already levelled oft in 1985 at 1.9-2.0 million
mt. The a verage annual growth from 1985 to 1990 was only 0.02% ; indeed
negligible by all standards (Csavas, 1993). Since the capture shrimp
fishery in terms of CPUE has been stagnating for the last several
years, any further increase to close the supply-demand gap can be
achieved only through aquaculture; shrimp c ulture has already gained
considerable momentum in many parts of the world.
 
Date 1995
 
Type Thesis
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7024/1/TH-73_Pra.pdf
Prasad, G (1995) Bio-economic evaluation of semi-intensive shrimp farming in Kerala. ["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, Cochin University of Science and Technology.