Asha, P S and Vinod, K and Ranjith, L and Johnson, B and Vivekanandan, E (2017) CMFRI Marine Fisheries Policy Series No.7; Conservation and sustainable use of sea cucumber resources in India suggestions and way forward. CMFRI Marine Fisheries Policy (7). ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 1-78.
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Abstract
Sea cucumbers are prime seafood resources, harvested throughout the world for the preparation of a dried product ‘beche-de-mer’, besides other health products. However, in recent years, the wild population of sea cucumbers is on the decline due to the increasing market demand and the consequent over-harvest of resources. The global scenario of stock decline was witnessed in Indian waters too in the early 1980s, and as a regulatory measure, the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF & CC), Government of India implemented a size regulation on the export of ‘beche-de-mer’ in 1982. As this regulation was not very effective, the Government imposed a blanket ban in the year 2001, and listed all species of holothurians under the Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, thereby putting an end to the sea cucumber fishery and trade from the country. In India, the fishery of sea cucumbers was restricted mainly to the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, along the south-east coast and the moratorium imposed by the Government affected scores of coastal communities whose livelihood was dependent on the collection, processing and trade of sea cucumbers.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sea cucumber |
| Subjects: | Marine Fisheries > Marine Fishing CMFRI Publications > CMFRI Marine Fisheries Policy Series Echinoderms > Sea Cucumber Marine Fisheries > Policy |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Tuticorin |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2017 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2023 06:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/11957 |
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