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Can India afford to opt out of commercial tuna fishing?

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Title Can India afford to opt out of
commercial tuna fishing?
 
Creator Silas, E G
 
Subject Tuna fisheries
 
Description There is a growing concern about sustaining global food resources to keep
pace with the growing population and other demands to meet the challenges of
2000 A.D. and beyond. Fisheries is no exception. It is estimated that at the
present level of consumption of fish, the requirement by 2000 A.D. will be about
100 million tonnes as against the present production of about 82 million tonnes.
One of the components projected for filling up a part of this gap is the harvest
of tuna and tuna-like fishes, which stands today at about 3.6 million tonnes and
is projected to increase to over 8 million tonnes during the next decade. While
optimistic estimates as to how to fill such a gap through increased production
of pelagic and demersal fisheries, including tunas und cuphalopods and potential
saving from past harvest loses and from aquaculture have been made, let us
look at the scenario of Indian fisheries, particularly marine fisheries and more
specifically tuna fisheries.
 
Date 1993
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5080/1/02.pdf
Silas, E G (1993) Can India afford to opt out of commercial tuna fishing? In: Proceedings of the national conference on tunas, 21-22 April, 1989, Kochi.