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Mariculture: an integral component of the Blue Economy

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14121/
https://aquabe.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/souvenir.pdf
 
Title Mariculture:
an integral component of the
Blue Economy
 
Creator Gopalakrishnan, A
George, Grinson
 
Subject Mariculture
 
Description Production from the marine capture fisheries sector of India has
remained quite stable for the last decades. On average we are capable
of producing only 3.5 million metric tonnes every year and there is
little scope for improvement. Thus marine capture fish production of
India is plateauing off, indicating that sustainable levels have been
reached in a sector which has 4 million people involved directly and
indirectly with it for their livelihood. But demands for sea food are
soaring in the country. The projected demand for seafood in India is
expected to be 18mt by 2030. To meet this demand we would require
the production of an additional 7 million metric tonnes in the country.
There is a possibility of a quantum jump if newer avenues of fish
production through sea farming are undertaken. With marine capture
fisheries showing stabilization and the freshwater aquaculture sector
reaching fairly high production levels, there is little scope for a major
increase from these sectors. All attention is therefore towards the
sea and the various options it offers for production through mariculture
of about 5 million metric tonnes of seafood annually at an estimated
value of Rs 1,00,000/- crores.
 
Date 2019
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14121/1/Aquabe2019_Souvenir_A%20Gopalakrishnan_Mariculture.pdf
Gopalakrishnan, A and George, Grinson (2019) Mariculture: an integral component of the Blue Economy. In: Aquabe 2019 International Conference On Aquatic Resources, 28-30 November 2019, Kochi.