James, Charles M. (2000) Potential of marine fish farming in India. Aquaculture Asia, Vol.5 (2). pp. 32-33. ISSN 0859-600 X
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Considering India’s estimated population growth of more than one billion by the dawning of the Third Millennium, the total fish requirement will be more than seven million tonnes at the modest rate of 12.5 kg/capita/ annum consumption. This is due to increasing trend in the fish eating habits of Indians from 27.7% in 1987-’88 to 39.7% in 1996-’97. India is also one of the major exporter of fisheries products and it constitutes about 4% of India’s total export earnings. India depends heavily on capture fisheries for fish production. The present fisheries production from both marine and inland resources is about 4.9 million tonnes which is not sufficient to meet the demand. Furthermore, owing to a substantial increase in the fishing effort, a stagnation stage has been reached due to the relentless unplanned exploitation of fisheries resource. This is also evident from the recent statistics of Marine Products Export Development Authority of India, that shows a decline in the export value of fisheries products worth 1.296 billion US$ during I 997-’98 period to 1.107 billion US$ during I 998-’99. Furthermore, export quantity of marine fish declined from 188029 mt during 1997-’98 period to 108556 mt during 1998-’99. The shortfall has to be realized through aquaculture.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Marine Fish, Aquaculture, India, Finfish, Sea Bass, Fisheries Resources, EEZ, Grouper, Milkfish |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2022 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2022 11:06 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13706 |
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