Mariculture Technologies for enhancing livelihood options in the Coastal Sector

Gopakumar, G (2013) Mariculture Technologies for enhancing livelihood options in the Coastal Sector. In: ICAR funded Short Course on “ICT -oriented Strategic Extension for Responsible Fisheries Management, 05-25 November, 2013, Kochi.

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Abstract

Aquaculture, the fastest growing food-producing sector, is perceived as having the greatest potential to meet the growing demand for aquatic food. The contribution of aquaculture to global supplies of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals for human consumption continues to grow, and reached 52.5 million tonnes in 2008. The contribution of aquaculture to the total global fish production continues to increase, rising from 34.5% in 2006 to 36.9% in 2008. The average annual per capita supply of food fish from aquaculture has increased by ten times from 0.7kg in 1970 to 7.8 kg in 2008 at an average rate of 6.6 % per year. Worldwide, the sector has grown at an average rate of 8.3 percent per year since 1970, compared with only 1.2 percent for capture fisheries and 2.8 percent for terrestrial farmed meat production systems over the same period.

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