Cephalopod bionomics, fisheries and resources of the Exclusive Economic Zone of India

Abstract

The stqagnation in marine fish production in the last decade, despite various development measures, has been a matter of concern. The declation of the EEZ in 1976 gave high hopes of accelerated augmentation of fish production by planned surveys followed by commercial exploitation. A critical look at the situation throughout the world indicates that beyond the continental shelf in the tropical aseas major conventional resources are tunas and tuna like fishes, bill fishes, pelagic shraks and squids.