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Utilization of marine bio-resources by fish cutting centres in Karnataka: Implications on sustainable exploitation and livelihood security of fisherfolk

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16532/
http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=2641&bkid=129
10.6024/jmbai.2022.64.2.2241-11
 
Title Utilization of marine bio-resources
by fish cutting centres in Karnataka: Implications on sustainable exploitation and livelihood security of fisherfolk
 
Creator Viswambharan, Divya
Rajesh, K M
Aswathy, N
Rohit, Prathibha
 
Subject Marine Fishing
Socio Economics and Extension
Fisheries Extension
 
Description Fish cutting centres (FCs) are ancillary small-scale preprocessing
units supporting major fish processing industries.
The FCs are involved in partial dressing (beheading, deskinning,
degutting and washing) of fishes. The partially
processed fishes form raw material input for canning and
surimi plants. Primary data on types of fish processed, quantity
and cost of different species purchased from landing centres,
quantity processed per day, production cost, the final selling
price of processed products, number of workers in the firm,
labour cost, number of working days, cost of other inputs
(ice, electricity, etc.) were collected from the selected FCs
in Karnataka through customised schedules. The net benefit
earned, resource utilization patterns and processing cost
of each resource were calculated. Threadfin breams were
the major resource (42-43% of the total threadfin bream
landings in Karnataka) processed by FCs followed by Indian
mackerel, lizardfishes, rock cod, ribbonfish and oil sardine.
While the processed threadfin breams, lizardfishes, rock cods,
and ribbonfish formed the raw material for surimi plants, the
oil sardine and the Indian mackerel were taken by canning
and processing plants. A maximum profit was observed in the
case of rock cods, while a minimum in the case of oil sardine.
The FCs are also very important from the socio-economic
point of view as each cutting shed unit provides seasonal
part-time employment to nearly 80-100 fisherwomen and
each earns `200 - 300 per day. These units not only provide
alternate livelihoods to fisher-women but also generate
nominal profits for the FCs operators.
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of India
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16532/1/Journal%20of%20Marine%20Biological%20Association%20of%20India_2022_D.%20Viswambharan.pdf
Viswambharan, Divya and Rajesh, K M and Aswathy, N and Rohit, Prathibha (2022) Utilization of marine bio-resources by fish cutting centres in Karnataka: Implications on sustainable exploitation and livelihood security of fisherfolk. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 64 (2). pp. 84-88. ISSN 2321-7898