Capture based aquaculture of spiny lobster in sea cages: A new livelihood opportunity for the 'sidi' adivasi tribal people in Gujarat, India

Mojjada, Suresh Kumar and Dash, Gyanaranjan and Koya, Mohammed and Sreenath, K R and Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen and Fofandi, Mahendra and Bhint, H M and Pradeep, S and Rao, G Syda (2012) Capture based aquaculture of spiny lobster in sea cages: A new livelihood opportunity for the 'sidi' adivasi tribal people in Gujarat, India. Aquaculture Asia, 17 (2). pp. 28-33.

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Abstract

Gujarat is one of the most important maritime states of the country having the longest coast line of about 1,640 km and a very broad continental shelf. The state has been bestowed with highly productive and diversifi ed ecosystems and considered as one of the leading marine fi sh producing states of India, with fi sheries providing livelihoods for more than 400,000 people directly and indirectly. However, over the last few years the marine fi sh production of the state has been relatively static at around half a million tonnes and has been showing signs of being fully exploited. However, as the state has a wide continental self it also has significant potential for mariculture. Owing to the economic importance and availability of seeds of spiny lobster, an open sea cage culture demonstration of Panulirus polyphagus was carried out involving Sidi tribes as a major stakeholder.

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