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Impact of Cyclone Amphan on marine fisheries of West Bengal

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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14697/
 
Title Impact of Cyclone Amphan on marine fisheries
of West Bengal
 
Creator Raju, S S
Dash, Gyanaranjan
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen
Narayanakumar, R
 
Subject Natural calamities
Cyclones
Marine Fisheries
 
Description West Bengal has three coastal districts, namely, North
24-Praganas, South 24-Praganas and East Medinipur
with a coastline of 158 km. With 59 marine fish landing
centres, 76,981 fishermen households comprising
of 3.8 lakh fisherfolks who are mostly traditional
fishermen (Marine Fisheries Census, 2010) West
Bengal contributes about 6-8% of the total marine
fish landings of India. The predominantly exploited
resources are Bombay duck, anchovies, Hilsa, ribbon
fishes, sciaenids, pomfrets, catfishes, flatfishes, penaeid and non-penaeid prawns. Cyclones and storm surges
are frequently occurring natural calamities in the
state
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14713/1/MFIS_244_S%20S%20Raju_West%20Bengal_2020.pdf
Raju, S S and Dash, Gyanaranjan and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen and Narayanakumar, R (2020) Impact of Cyclone Amphan on marine fisheries of West Bengal. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical & Extension Series No. 244, 2020, 244. pp. 30-31. ISSN ISSN 0254-380X