Butcher chops mutton at a shop in Madurai

Описание: A butcher chops mutton at his shop in fish market of Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Fisheries sector occupies a very important place in the socio-economic development of the country. It has been recognized as a powerful income and employment generator as it stimulates growth of a number of subsidiary industries, and is a source of cheap and nutritious food, besides being a foreign exchange earner. Most importantly, it is the source of livelihood for a large section of economically backward population of the country. Yet the above said benefits are at risk as the exploitation of natural fish stocks is reaching limits and aquaculture production has not yet fulfilled its potential. In aquaculture production freshwater
and brackish water resources are utilized to certain extent. The freshwater aquaculture production is targeting the domestic consumption and brackish water aquaculture contribution
is towards major exports to gain foreign exchange.

Tamil Nadu with its 1076 km of coastline (13 per cent of country’s coastline), 1.9 lakh sq. km of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (9.4 per cent of India’s EEZ) and a continental shelf of about 41,412 sq km is one of the leading producers of both marine and inland fish. At present, about 13,164 mechanised fishing crafts and 62,594 traditional crafts (26,601 vallams and 35,993 catamarans) are engaged in marine fishing. The marine fish catch potential in Tamil Nadu is estimated at 3,89,714 lakh tonnes from the EEZ (3,69,676 lakh tonnes from less than 50 metres depth and 20038 lakh tonnes from the Deep Sea fishing). The inland fisheries sector has about
3.71 lakh ha of waterspread area comprising of reservoirs, major irrigation and long seasonal tanks, short seasonal tanks and ponds, estuaries, backwaters, etc., which are suitable for both capture and culture fisheries. About 5,000 ha of water spread area is being utilised for fresh water aquaculture under the programmes of the Fish Farmers Development Agencies. In Tamil Nadu, the total brackish water area available for aquaculture production is 56,000 ha. of which about 6250 ha. are actually under aquaculture production. At present there are 8 fish seed production
centres and 29 fish seed rearing centres located in various places with a capacity to produce 2750 lakhs of early fry. It contributes around 1.1 per cent to total GDP, around 4.7 per cent to GDP
from the agriculture sector and over Rs.6000 crore to export earnings. Hence, there is a need to build a common and strategic understanding of the importance of aquaculture for development
and of the challenges faced by the sector.

Source : http://www.spc.tn.gov.in/app_studies/...

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