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Abhijeet S
Fisheries: Broadly speaking, fishery resources of India are either inland or marine. The principal rivers and their tributaries, canals, ponds, lakes, reservoirs comprise the inland fisheries. The rivers extend over about 17,000 miles, and other subsidiary water channels comprise 70,000 miles.
The marine resources comprise the two wide arms of the Indian Ocean and a large number of gulf and bays along the coast. About 1.8 million fishermen draw their livelihood from fisheries, though they generally live on the verge of extreme poverty. Out of a total catch of 3 million tones of fish in 1988-89, over 1 million tones came from inland fisheries and nearly 2 million tones from marine sources.
India is the seventh largest producer of fish in the world and is second in inland fish production, which contributes 45 per cent of total production in the country.
Fish production reached the level of 5.4 million tonnes in 1997-98, comprising 3.0 million tonnes of marine fishery and 2.4 million tonnes of inland fishery and is expected to reach 5.6 million tonnes in 1998-99 with 3.0 million tonnes of marine fishery and 2.6 million tonnes of inland fishery, respectively.
During 1998-99, the export of marine products came down to US$ 1,038 million from US$ 1,208 million during 1997-98
The marine resources comprise the two wide arms of the Indian Ocean and a large number of gulf and bays along the coast. About 1.8 million fishermen draw their livelihood from fisheries, though they generally live on the verge of extreme poverty. Out of a total catch of 3 million tones of fish in 1988-89, over 1 million tones came from inland fisheries and nearly 2 million tones from marine sources.
India is the seventh largest producer of fish in the world and is second in inland fish production, which contributes 45 per cent of total production in the country.
Fish production reached the level of 5.4 million tonnes in 1997-98, comprising 3.0 million tonnes of marine fishery and 2.4 million tonnes of inland fishery and is expected to reach 5.6 million tonnes in 1998-99 with 3.0 million tonnes of marine fishery and 2.6 million tonnes of inland fishery, respectively.
During 1998-99, the export of marine products came down to US$ 1,038 million from US$ 1,208 million during 1997-98