Fisheries Development and Management in India, 1785-1986

Fisheries Development and Management in India, 1785-1986
Author: Nune Subba Rao
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1989
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9788185119601
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Fisheries play an important role in the economy of nations bordering the sea and this is especially true in a populous country like India where a large majority continues to live below the poverty line. Sea fishing has been an occupation with the coastal people of India since time immemorial forming an integral part of the maritime heritage. Machanisation has been introduced into the marine fishing with a view to exploit the fisheries potential all along the Indian coastline of 6,500 km by overcoming the deficiencies of the centuries old traditional fishing technology and to augment fish production with a higher fishing effort and also to raise the income levels and living standards of fishermen. The present book, based on the author’s doctoral dissertation, made a bold and pioneering attempt to evaluate the costs and earnings of mechanised and traditional boats for determining their relative operational efficiency and to examine intensively the effects of mechanisation on employment, income levels, consumption pattern and levels of living of fishermen and their social implications. While analysing the merits of the new fishing technology and also the reactions of different groups of fishermen to mechanisation, he spotlights the shortsightedness in the implementation of the programme of mechanisation resulting in a host of negative effects which have implications and also sets forth the valuable lessons which Indian experiences have to offer to the densely populated littoral nations in the Third World. To ensure enduring benefits to the vast majority of marine fishermen, the thesis underscores, among numerous other remedies the need for the provision of an intermediary technology, the need for the institutional support and marketing network and the need for the management of fisheries resources. It also calls for the policies to bring about socio-economic development of the fishing community on par with the rest of the society. All in all, a genuine contribution to knowledge of `grassroots' situations that will have enduring value and that can be useful in both academic and policy-formation circles.

Applied Fishery Science

Applied Fishery Science
Author: S. M. Shafi
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2003
Genre: Fish culture
ISBN: 9788126902903
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The Present Book Applied Fishery Science Is The Outcome Of The Intensive Efforts Made By The Author For More Than Five Consecutive Years To Bring The Universally Spread Documented Informations And Data, Both Traditional As Well As Research Oriented Recent Findings, Before The Scientific World In A Consolidated Form, Specially Before Those Who Are Concerned With Fish Farming And For Capture Of Fishes From Varied Water Sources. Several Valuable Informations Have Been Provided On The Fish Farming Requisites, Such As Methods Of The Quality Fish Seed Procurement, Their Safe Transportation, Design And Layout For The Construction Of New Ponds, Maintenance Of Required Water Quality In The Ponds, Availability Of Choiced Food Items At Proper Times, Use Of Right Kinds Of Fertilizers And Provision Of Supplementary Feeds At Emerging Times. Infrastructural Details And Operation Methods Of Fishing Gears And Some Informations On Related Accessaries, Particularly Trawlers, Fishing Boats And Vessels And Several Kinds Of Crafts, Traps And Angling Implements To Catch Sporting Fishes Have Been Given With Lucid Illustrations. Presentation Of Recent Data On Fish Catches (Year-Wise In Most Cases) Has Enhanced The Quality Of Book.Matters, On Several Specific Topics Like Hilsa Culture, Trout Culture, Live-Fish Culture, Cage Culture, Paddy-Cum-Fish Culture, Integrated Fish Culture, Brackish Water Fish Culture, Prawn Culture, Shrimp Culture, Molluscan Fisheries, Recent Aquaculture Practices And Useful Seaweeds And Algal Products, Have Been Beautifully Described In The Book. Trade And Commerce Prospects With The Inclusion Of Accounts Of Fish Processing, Fish Preservation, Various Kinds Of Fish By-Products And Scope Of Marketing Of Fish Have Been Made Highly Explicit.A Fine Attempt Has Been Made To Provide As Many As Fifty One Aspects Of Applied Fishery Science, Merging Together In One Book In Order To Meet The Requirements Of Sylabi Of Universities, Technical/Professional Institutions, Advanced Centres Of Fisheries Education And Research. It Is Hoped That The Academicians, Researchers/Fishery Scientists, Graduate And Post-Graduate Students Of Fishery Science Will Cherish The Author S Endeavour In Finding Appreciable Utility Of The Book.