Marine Fish Landings in India - 2015

CMFRI, FRAD (2016) Marine Fish Landings in India - 2015. Technical Report. CMFRI, Kochi.

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Abstract

The marine fisheries sector in India supports 4 million fishermen population living in 9 maritime states and 2 union territories for their livelihood by providing employment to nearly 9.9 lakh fishermen. As per the 2012 FAO fishery statistics, India stands 7th with regard to marine capture fish production in the World after China, Indonesia, USA, Peru, Russia and Japan with 4.3% contribution. Marine living resources caught from the Indian seas forms a major source of nutritional requirement of the people and provide export earnings to the tune of Rs. 33,440 crores. The marine fish production has increased from about 50,000 tonnes in 1950 to the all time high of 3.94 million tonnes in 2012 approaching the recommended potential of 4.4 million tonnes from the Indian EEZ

Item Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Marine Fish Landings; India
Subjects:	CMFRI Publications > CMFRI Miscellaneous Reports Marine Fisheries > Fish landing
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	13 May 2016 11:14
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2016 10:16
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10796

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