Saga of inshore prawn fishery of Kerala

Pillai, S Lakshmi and Sarada, P T and Josileen, Jose and Baby, P K and Ragesh, N and Sreesanth, L and Sathianandan, T V and Kuriakose, Somy and Augustine, Sindhu K (2022) Saga of inshore prawn fishery of Kerala. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 253. pp. 21-25. ISSN 0254-380X

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Abstract

The marine shrimp fishery in Kerala existed even before the advent of the Indo-Norwegian project. (INP), but the genesis of a commercial-scale fishery happened due to the INP. Earlier fished by artisanal crafts and gears, the introduction of trawlers saw the establishment of shrimps as the major marine fishery commodity. The penaeid shrimps Metapenaeus dobsoni, Parapenaeopsis stylifera, Penaeus indicus, Metapenaeus monoceros and Metapenaeus affinis are prominent in the inshore shrimp fishery of the state. Many developmental changes which happened from time to time in craft and gear technology and the extension of fishing grounds brought considerable changes in the fishing pattern have influenced the inshore shrimp fishery of Kerala which can be classified into five phases – primary, growth, declining, enhanced growth and stagnant.

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