Abhinav International Monthly Refereed Journal of Research in Management & Technology AN OVERVIEW OF MARINE FISHERIES OF INDIA AND COASTAL KARNATAKA: ITS PRESENT STATUS

This Paper provides an overview of the marine fisheries of India and coastal Karnataka. It covers the main fisheries resources, present social-economic profile production and export trends and fisheries gears in India and coastal Karnataka. The study has been reliant on secondary data and same has been considered and analyzed by using percentage and graphical method. The marine fisheries sector in India is viewed as a million dollar business. This sector in the country and state has experienced remarkable developments in terms of production, employment, export earnings and infrastructure development. The result of study reveal that the GDP and GSDP from fisheries shows increasing trends India is the largest producer of fish in world. The fish production of India and coastal Karnataka shows fluctuating trends. The marine fish product exports performance shows increasing trends both in terms of quantity and value. The marine fisheries sector in India has registered a phenomenal growth during the last five decades both quantitatively and qualitatively. Marine fisheries are sunrise sector of our country. At present it emerged as an important commercial activity from its tradition role as subsistence supplementary activity of large number of coastal population.