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Indian fisheries perspective

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Title Indian fisheries perspective
 
Creator Dehadrai, P V
 
Subject Marine Fisheries
 
Description With 2.02 million sq. km. of sea in its EEZ, more than 27,000 km of
rivers, about 1,13,000 km of canals, 1.75 million ha. of identified water spread
in the form of reservoirs, over a million ha. in the form of tanks and ponds
and approximately 0.6 million ha. of stagnant derelict water-spread, India portends
with considerable scope for development of fisheries, both capture and
culture. There are about one and a half million fishermen, actively engaged in
fishing who support about 6 million people of fishermen community for their
livelihood. With the present fish production of 2.80 million tonnes (1984) India
contributes to a little over 3% of the world fish production of about 76 million
tonnes. India's contribution is highest in the Indian Ocean fishery. The annual
growth of fish production has been in the order of 7% during the last couple
of years as against 3.1% during the base of the last plan. The per capita consumption
of fish in India is about 3.6 kg/annum while the world average figure
is about 12.5 kg/annum. The level recommended by the Nutrition Advisory
Committee on Human Nutrition stands at 31 kg/annum.
 
Date 1986
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5591/1/6.pdf
Dehadrai, P V (1986) Indian fisheries perspective. In: Souvenir Issued on the occasion of the inauguration of the Permanent Building for the Headquarters of CMFRI ,March 1, 1986, 1 March 1986, Kochi.