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Marine Fish Production in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. A Report based on a detailed analysis of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Data

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Title Marine Fish Production in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. A Report based on a detailed analysis of Central
Marine Fisheries Research Institute Data
 
Creator Vivekanandan, V
Kasim, H M
 
Subject Fisheries Management
 
Description Continuous growth in TN marine fisheries is observed in the form of introduction of new fishing vessels, fishing
methods, new fishing gears and development of different infrastructure since 1950 leading to a five-fold increase in
catch and three-fold increase in active fishers. There is a continuous expansion of fishing operation to deeper and
distant waters. There has been a continuous discovery of new fishing grounds, new fishery resources and new fishing
methods. The entire shelf area off Tamil Nadu (TN) coast is covered by TN fishing fleet and there is no scope for
additional catch from the shelf area.
The landings grew continuously till 1997, witnessed a sharp fall during 1998-2004 and then a sharp increase in the
following years 2006-09 hitting the new peak of 5.39 lakh tonnes well beyond the potential yield estimate of 4.25
lakh tonnes by CMFRI. A section of the TN fishing fleet depend heavily on fishing in neighbouring waters and
nearly 20% of the catch comes from South Andhra and Sri Lankan waters. Deep sea fishing is already in vogue in
TN as Kanyakumari’s Thoothoor fishers with a fleet of approximately 500 long-liners cum gillnetters reigning all
over the west coast and landing their catch at Kochi. Chennai gillnetters and a tiny fleet of long-liners in Puducherry
have already started fishing beyond the shelf on the east coast.
 
Publisher Fisheries Management for Sustainable Livelihoods, Chennai.
 
Date 2011
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9253/1/35.pdf
Vivekanandan, V and Kasim, H M (2011) Marine Fish Production in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. A Report based on a detailed analysis of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Data. Technical Report. Fisheries Management for Sustainable Livelihoods, Chennai., Chennai.