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Fish diversity in shallow water diving sites in Malvan Marine Sanctuary in Maharashtra

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Title Fish diversity in shallow water diving sites in Malvan Marine Sanctuary in Maharashtra
 
Creator Akhilesh, K V
Chellappan, Anulekshmi
Harishikesh, P
Rohit, Prathibha
Zacharia, P U
 
Subject Marine Biodiversity
Fish and Fisheries
 
Description Tourism has great potential and opportunities for sustainable development and the Maharashtra government is promoting coastal and marine tourism (CMT) with diverse strategies to harness the benefits for economic growth and development of the local population. Sindhudurg District in southern Maharashtra has been widely promoted for CMT with
the district declared as “tourism district” in 1997. Malvan
(Sindhudurg district) is one of the popular CMT and aqua
sports destinations in Maharashtra and one of the nearest
getaway locations from the Metro city Mumbai. The affordable aqua sports experience (para-sailing, snorkelling, diving, speed boats, jet-ski, banana and bumper boats, kayaks) and dolphin watch cruises attract a lot of people. Fishing vessels and tourism boats navigate and operate in the
same waters and the coastal communities interchangeably
work in both sectors. Diving snorkelling and homestays were
some of the demand-driven developments in the region.
Several small-scale diving enterprises and adventure sports
activities developed in the region are mostly concentrated
in Malvan and are well established and publicity through
social media has often created a rush of tourists to Malvan.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16050/1/MFIS%20251_Prathibha%20Rohit_2022.pdf
Akhilesh, K V and Chellappan, Anulekshmi and Harishikesh, P and Rohit, Prathibha and Zacharia, P U (2022) Fish diversity in shallow water diving sites in Malvan Marine Sanctuary in Maharashtra. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (251). pp. 24-26. ISSN 0254-380X