Trends and Cycles in Fishery Returns from Motorised Traditional Fishing Crafts

Based on the landing data for a period of sixty months this study estimates the pattern and the extent of swings in the annual cycles of revenues earned in fisheries. It identifies the peak and trough in terms of their relative temporal length and the margin of difference in revenue. The short period trend shows a 69% rise in revenue during the five year period. Significance of the residual variations are brought out.