Marine Fisheries of India

Marine Fisheries of India

Year of publication 1949

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Pelagic Fishery Investigations on the Southwest Coast - phase 2, India. Distribution and abundance of marine fish resources off the Southwest Coast of India (Results of acoustic surveys, 1976-78)
Pelagic Fishery Investigation on the South-West Coast, India, IND/75/038
1982

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This is one of a series of reports prepared during the course of the FAO/UNDP project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.
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Marine Small-Scale Fisheries of Orissa, India: A General Description- BOBP/INF/07 1984

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This document attempts a brief and factual presentation of data and baseline information on the main features of the small-scale marine fisheries of Orissa, India. It could serve as an introduction to the subject, leading to deeper studies of particular aspects; as a source of general information; or more particularly, as a background document for use in discussions on the planning and programming of development assistance. The paper has been prepared by Mr. U. Tietze, Extension Training Off icer of the small-scale fisheries project of the Bay of Bengal Programme, in cooperation with the Directorate of Fisheries, Orissa. It revises and updates a document issued in June 1977 by the FAO/UNDP project RAS/74/031, “Development of small-scale fisheries in South-West Asia.” The BOBP’s small-scale fisheries project began in 1979 from Madras. It is executed by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) and funded by SIDA (Swedish International Development Authority). It covers five countries bordering the Bay of Bengal - Bangladesh; India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Its main aims are to develop, demonstrate and promote appropriate technologies and methodologies to improve the conditions of small-scale fisherfolk and the supply of fish from the small-scale sector in the five countries.
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India - Possible introduction of aluminium cans for (marine) fish. A report prepared for the pelagic fishery investigations on the southwest coast - phase II - project. Field document no. 14
Pelagic Fishery Investigation on the South-West Coast, India, IND/75/038
1980

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A review is made in this report of the resources of India from which national can be derived in terms of employment, nutritional needs and increased fishermen's as well as showing the viability of canning with reasonable returns on investment. The seafood industry in India has recorded a phenomenal growth in the course of the last 15 years, due almost entirely to investment by the shrimp processing sector, most productI/qf which are exported. Export earnings registered an impressive growth f rom Rs. 37.5 crore- in 1962 to a record of Rs. 1 797.3 crore in 1977. This represents an increase of nearly 50 times the 1962 value in 15 years. Frozen shrimp has been the main contributing factor and in 1977 accounted for 72 percent of the quantity and 87 percent of the value of seafood exports.