Overview of some commercially important marine demersal fishes and fishery regulations

Nair, Rekha J (2018) Overview of some commercially important marine demersal fishes and fishery regulations. In: e-TRAINING MANUAL Recent advances in marine fisheries and taxonomic research in India. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 1-4.

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Abstract

Global total capture fishery production in 2014 was 93.4 million tonnes, of which 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 11.9 million tonnes from inland waters. Total capture production in marine waters was 81.5 million tonnes in 2014, a slight increase on the previous two years (SOFIA, 2016). Marine fish production of the country has shown an increase of 6.6% compared to 2015 recording a total of 3.63 million t. Of the different maritime states of India, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and the U.T. of Daman & Diu registered increase in landings whereas the other coastal states Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Goa recorded a decline in landings. Among the four regions the north-west coast comprising of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Daman & Diu contributed the maximum landings (11.83 lakh t). with 33% followed by south-west region comprising of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa together with 11.13 lakh t (31%). The states of West Bengal and Odisha which forms the northeast coast contributed 3.89 lakh t forming 11% of the all India landings.

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