Title: Socio-economic scenario of marine fisheries in India - an overview
Abstract: Indian fisheries contribute about 1.4 % of GDP, and constitute about 4.6 % of agricultural GOP, Currently the marine fisheries sector produces about 2.6 million tonnes (2003) of fish per annum forming about 50 % of the total production. Diverse types of craft-gear combinations are operated by about 12.2-lakh fisher folk with regional and seasonal variations all along the Indian coastline of 8129 km.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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