Technological options in the traditional marine fisheries sector and impact of motorization on the economics udof gillnet fishing along Tuticorin coast, Tamil Nadu

摘要

Cost minimisation and profit maximisationudare the twin interrelated objectives whichudinfluence the decision making of the investorudon choices of techniques to be adopted for anyudproduction process. In marine fisheries theudextensive adoption of fishing methods likeudmechanised trawling, shifting of cotton intoudsynthetic nets, motorization of country craftsudand innovative processing and preservationudtechniques in fish marketing are very muchudguided by the profit motive of individual fishermen.udCapital being a scarce resource toudmany of the fishermen the choice of theirudfishing techniques at times drifts towardsudlabour intensive devices.