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Environmental Performance Index (EPI) of Indian Marine Fisheries: A Perspective

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Title Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
of Indian Marine Fisheries: A Perspective
 
Creator Jayasankar, J
Varghese, Eldho
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Muktha, M
Rohit, Prathibha
Abdussamad, E M
Dineshbabu, A P
Laxmilatha, P
Ramachandran, C
Shinoj, P
Kavitha, J
Vivekanandan, E
Sreepriya, V
 
Subject CMFRI Books
Marine Environment
Marine Fisheries
 
Description The genesis of this work was a meeting convened by MoEF&CC in July 2021, to discuss the fisheries category
under the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), a key aspect of the Global Indices Dashboard, which
is used for computing Global and India Index Parameters. During this meeting, representatives of ICAR-CMFRI felt that the Fish Stock Status (FSS) as enshrined under the Global Index would not do justice as an
appropriate indicator of the multi-species, multi-gear, multi-fleet marine fisheries of India. It was felt that
an alternate index would be needed that rightly captures India’s performance in marine fisheries. This
paved the way for ICAR-CMFRI to work on an alternate form of the EPI which would be an appropriate index
measuring the fish stock health of Indian marine fisheries. Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, Director, ICAR-CMFRI
formed an expert committee, which based on the review of the model indices suggested by NITI Ayog/
MoEF&CC, FSS, Fish Caught by Trawling (FGT) and Marine Trophic Index (MTI) developed an EPI – FSS index
for India which is introduced in this publication. This book is laid out in a manner that the reader is taken
from the easiest method of analysing fish stock health to more sophisticated, data-intensive methods,
finally setting the stage for the EPI–FSS index. The book then ends with a conclusion section on how this
index can be used for effective management of the country’s marine fish resources
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2021-06-17
 
Type Book
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11364/1/EPI_Environmental%20Performance%20Index%20of%20Indian%20Marine%20Fisheries%20A%20Perspective_2021_J%20Jayasankar.pdf
Jayasankar, J and Varghese, Eldho and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Muktha, M and Rohit, Prathibha and Abdussamad, E M and Dineshbabu, A P and Laxmilatha, P and Ramachandran, C and Shinoj, P and Kavitha, J and Vivekanandan, E and Sreepriya, V (2021) Environmental Performance Index (EPI) of Indian Marine Fisheries: A Perspective. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi. ISBN 978-9382263-56-2