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Marine Fisheries Policies in India: Opportunities and Challenges

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Title Marine Fisheries Policies in India: Opportunities and Challenges
 
Creator Shyam, S Salim
Anuja, A R
 
Subject Fisheries Economics
Fisheries Extension
Policy
Marine Fisheries
 
Description Fisheries are an important source of food, nutrition, employment and income in India.
The sector provides livelihoods to about 16 million fishers and fish farmers at the primary level
and almost twice the number along the value chain. Fish being an affordable and rich source of
animal protein is one of the healthiest options to mitigate hunger and malnutrition. The sector
has immense potential to more than double the fishers and fish farmers' incomes, as envisioned
by the government. India has rich and diverse fisheries resources ranging from deep seas to lakes,
ponds, rivers and more than 10 percent of the global biodiversity in terms of fish and shellfish
species. The marine fisheries resources are spread along the country's vast coastline of about
8118 km and 2.02 million square km Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and 0.53 million sq. km
continental shelf area. The inland resources are in the form of rivers and canals (1.95 lakh km),
floodplain lakes (8.12 lakh hectares), ponds and tanks (24.1 lakh hectares), reservoirs (31.5 lakh
hectares), brackish water (12.4 lakh hectares), saline/alkaline affected areas (12 lakh hectares),
etc. The unutilized and underutilised vast and varied inland resources offer great opportunities
for livelihood development and ushering economic prosperity.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15861/1/Indian%20Fisheries%20Outlook_2022_Shyam%20Salim.pdf
Shyam, S Salim and Anuja, A R (2022) Marine Fisheries Policies in India: Opportunities and Challenges. In: Souvenir 1st Indian Fisheries Outlook 2022. ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Kolkata, pp. 215-224.