Marine fisheries of the north-west coast of India during 2009-2010

Jayasankar, J and Najmudeen, T M and Haja Najeemudeen, S and Ramani, K and Beena, M R and Seynudeen, M B and Anandan, K and Khambadkar, Lata (2012) Marine fisheries of the north-west coast of India during 2009-2010. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (214). pp. 1-3.

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    Abstract

    The north-west region consists of two important coastal states of India viz., Maharashtra, Gujarat and the Union Territory, Daman & Diu. The total length of the north*west coastal region is about 2,320 km which is nearly 29% of the nation’s total coastal length. This region consists of 714 marine fishing villages and 278 landing centres. As per the 2010 marine fisheries census, the total marine fishermen population in Gujarat, it is 3,36,181, in Maharashtra is 3,86,259 and in Daman & Diu, it is 40,016, which put together account for 19.07% of the all India fishermen population. The marine fish production of the north-west region for 2009 was 8,80,312 t and for 2010 was 8,51,521 t accounting for 27.49% and 25.44% respectively of the total marine fish production from the country.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Marine fisheries; north-west coast; India
    Subjects: Marine Fisheries
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division
    Depositing User: Arun Surendran
    Date Deposited: 16 Jul 2013 10:07
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:54
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9272

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