Record Details

Techno economic efficiency of resource use in trawl fishing in Andhra Pradesh-a case study in Kakinada

CMFRI Repository

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6993/
 
Title Techno economic efficiency of resource use in trawl fishing in Andhra Pradesh-a case study in Kakinada
 
Creator Narayanakumar, R
Sathiadhas, R
 
Subject Marine Fishing
Fisheries Economics
 
Description Fisheries sector in India has transformed from subsistence level to the status of an industry in the
last five decades and contributes about 1.4 per cent to the country's GOP. Mechanization of fishing (mainly
trawl fishing) is one of the factors responsible for this transformation. Presently about 47,000 mechanized
crafts operate in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone, harvesting the fishery resources in the inshore waters
(0-50 m depth) and even beyond. In trawl fishing, the fishermen follow different fishing methods like multiday
or voyage fishing, lasting for about 5 to 12 days to get more catch and hence, income. These methods
have not only brought higher catch but also caused the indiscriminate exploitation of commercially important
fishery resources. This necessitates assessing the technical and economic efficiency of input use in trawl
fishing to ascertain optimization of resource use, and hence the present study was carried out at Kakinada
of East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
 
Date 2005
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6993/1/107-THE_SEVENTH_INDIAN_FISHERIES_FORUM_PROCEEDINGS_2005.pdf
Narayanakumar, R and Sathiadhas, R (2005) Techno economic efficiency of resource use in trawl fishing in Andhra Pradesh-a case study in Kakinada. In: Seventh Indian Fisheries Forum, 8-12 November 2005, Bangalore.