A critique towards the development of a Marine Ornamental Industry in India

Gopakumar, G and Ignatius, Boby (2006) A critique towards the development of a Marine Ornamental Industry in India. In: Proceedings of the International symposium on "Improved sustainability of fish production systems and appropriate technologies for utilization", 16-18 March, 2005, Cochin.

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Abstract

The marine ornamental industry has been expanding rapidly in recent years and the global annual marine ornamental trade is estimated at US$ 200 - 330 million. Nearly 98 % of the marine ornamental species marketed are wild collected mainly from coral reefs of tropical developing countries. This has been threatening the long term sustainability of marine ornamentals due to the indiscriminate exploitation of coral reef area by the use of explosives, electro fishing devices, chemical poisons and intoxicants.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Marine Ornamental Industry; India
Subjects: Aquaculture > Ornamental Fishes
Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 25 Feb 2011 11:36
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:45
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/7793

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