Status of marine fish stock assessment in India and development of a udsustainability index

摘要

India has a coastline of 8129 km. Landings by commercial fishing vessels takes udplace at 1332 centres during day and night by 58,911 mechanized craft, 75,591 motorized ud(with outboard engine) and 104,270 traditional craft (CMFRI, 2006). Marine fisheries are udan important source of food, employment and foreign exchange. About one million udpeople work directly in this sector, producing 3 million tonnes annually valued at about 3 udbillion US $ at production level (CMFRI, 2007). India earns 1.6 billion US $ by exporting udfish and fishery products. India is among the top ten fish producing countries of the udworld, contributing 3.5% to the total world marine fish production. Concerned about udthe status of marine fish stocks in the Indian EEZ, the country has put in place udappropriate institutional mechanisms to monitor and forecast fishery yields for the last 25 udyears