CMFRI, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (2022) Marine fish landings of West Bengal- 2022. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi.
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The coastal area of West Bengal, part of the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem with dynamic estuarine network stretches between the mouths of rivers Herobhanga on the Indo-Bangladesh border in the East and Subarnarekha in the West. Fishing activities in this zone provide economic sustenance and a source of livelihood to a cross-section of people in the lower Ganga deltaic region. The coastline of West Bengal spreads along the southern edge of its two maritime districts, South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur (Fig. 1). The South-24 Parganas has a magnificent mangrove (Sundarbans) on the eastern part and the Purba Medinipur has an open coast (Digha-Shankarpur) on the western part of West Bengal coast. The marine fisheries of the State mainly focused on these two districts. The state has a coast line of 158 km, continental shelf of 17,049 sq. km, 171 marine fishing villages, 49 marine fish landing centres of which 29 belong to Purba Medinipur district and 20 belong to South-24 Parganas, 81,067 fishermen families of which 70% belongs to traditional fishermen families with a total fisherfolk population of 3,68,816 directly or indirectly involved in marine fisheries. Of the total fisherfolk population, South 24 Parganas accounts for 68% followed by Purba Medinipur (29%). There are 92,341 active fishermen, of which 50,662 full time fishermen, 32,859 part-time and rest engaged in fish seed collection. Altogether, 11,054 fishing crafts engaged in the fishing activities of which 4,014 are mechanized, 6,564 motorised and 476 non-motorised (CMFRI Census, 2016).
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | West Bengal, Crustacean, Molluscan, Fishing Gear, Data, Marine Resources, Trends, Demersal Resources |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2024 06:48 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2024 06:57 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19837 |
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