Potential marine fishery resources
1987
Among the countries bordering the Indian Ocean, India
has strategic advantages in exploitation of marine fish resources
with its long coast line of 6100 km and rich and varied fishery
resources within 2.02 million sq. km Exclusive Economic Zone.
The present marine fish production of 1.85 million tonnes is
less than half of the conservative potential estimate of 4.2
million tonnes (George et ah 1977). iThe trends in marine fish
landings of past few years indicate that the coastal fisheries viz.
oil sardine, mackerel, Bombay duck and penaeid and non-penaeid
prawns may not contribute significantly for further increase in
marine fish production of our country. Hence, while monitoring
the resources for management of these stocks for conservation
as well as exploitation up to the sustainable-yield level, we have
to be on the look out for new potential resources in our EEZ.
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