Mohamed, K S (2010) Molluscs and biotechnology In: Winter School on Vistas in Marine Biotechnology 5th to 26th October 2010. [Teaching Resource]
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Abstract
Animals of the phylum Mollusca occupy every trophic level in the marine environment. Three classes of Mollusca are of fisheries interest, namely, Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. The exploitation of these shelled animals in India, range from the very old and historic records of exploitation of pearl oysters and chanks to the very modern trawling for cephalopods. Available production statistics reveals that annually more than 1,00,000 tonnes of cephalopods are harvested from the Indian seas, besides another 1,00,000 tonnes of gastropods and bivalves. The economic importance of cephalopods to the country is considerable as they earn more than Rs. 1400 crores (more than 16% in terms of quantity and more than 15% in terms of value of total marine products exports) every year through exports. In fact, every second cephalopod consumed by Europeans originates from India.
| Item Type: | Teaching Resource |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Molluscs; Biotechnology |
| Subjects: | Fish Biotechnology Molluscan Fisheries |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2023 09:20 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2023 09:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/16689 |
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