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Employment potential of fisherwomen in the collection and post harvest operations of seaweeds in India

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Title Employment potential of fisherwomen in the collection and post harvest operations of seaweeds in India
 
Creator Immanuel, Sheela
Sathiadhas, R
 
Subject Fishing Villages
Fishing Community
Seaweed
 
Description Seaweeds are the renewable marine resources and they form the primary raw material for the agar and algin industries. They are mostly exploited from the south east coast of Tamil Nadu from Mandapam to Kanyakumari, Gujarat Coast, Lakshadweep islands and the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Even though substantial resources are available in our coastal waters, it is neither harvested to its fullest extent nor much efforts have been put forth. Seaweed
collection renders extensive employment to the coastal fisher folk. The estimation of seaweed resources indicate that only a negligible quantity is harvested. At present nearly
5000 women depend on the seaweed industries for their livelihood. If the available resources
are harvested to its optimal level, it can provide employment to another 20,000 coastal fisher
folk in harvesting sector and an equal number in post harvest activities. Since the domain of
seaweed collecting industry is mainly dominated by women, special efforts should be taken
for its optimum exploitation and market expansion through diversified product development
and their popularization. This paper deals with the employment potential offisherwomen in
seaweed industries, problems and prospects in the collection and processing segments of
seaweeds.
 
Date 2004
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5675/1/Employment_potential_of_fisher_women_in_the_collection_and_post_harvest_operations_of_seaweeds_in.pdf
Immanuel, Sheela and Sathiadhas, R (2004) Employment potential of fisherwomen in the collection and post harvest operations of seaweeds in India. Seaweed Research and Utilisation, 26 (1 & 2). pp. 209-215.