Assessing social situations and management of marine fisheries policy frameworks

Shinoj, P and Ramachandran, C (2023) Assessing social situations and management of marine fisheries policy frameworks. In: International Workshop cum Training on Fisheries and Aquaculture: African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO). CMFRI Training Manual Series No. 35/2023 (35). ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 236-242. ISBN 978-93-82263-62-3

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Abstract

India, being one of the largest marine fisheries in the world, has high stakes in managing its coastal and marine resources. The marine resources in India are highly diverse comprising an exclusive economic zone of 2.02 million km2 besides a continental shelf area of nearly 0.50 million square kilometers. The capture fisheries sector in India, though it experienced a rapid expansion in recent decades with the advent of mechanized fishing during the 1980s, has started showing signs of over-capitalization and consequent crises. Experts in the field have already highlighted the impending problems such as declining catch rate and diminishing returns, overfishing and /juvenile fishing leading to depletion of fish stock, rampant destruction of marine biota due to high-intensity trawling, and so on (Devaraj and Vivekanandan,1999; Ramachandran, 2004). The imminent crisis is increasingly reflected through frequent conflicts between various groups/factions of fishermen/vessel operators over their rights and shares of the resources. These circumstances echo the need for a strong regulatory and management regime for protecting and preserving the maritime resources of the sub-continent. Though India is not new to regulations in the fisheries sector with several laws and rules in place for more than a century, the emerging scenario merits a relook into the existing regulatory framework. Against this backdrop, this chapter reviews global approaches to assess the social situations of marine fisherfolk and presents a broad overview and critical appraisal of India’s marine fishery regulations and policies aimed at conservation and sustainable development.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Marine Fisheries > Policy Marine Fisheries > Fisheries Management Aquaculture > Fisheries Management Marine Fisheries
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	01 Jan 2024 10:42
Last Modified:	01 Jan 2024 10:42
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/17856

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