Demersal surveys from the southwest coast of India were analyzed to determine the general pattern of distribution of …

India is endowed with a continental shelf of 0.5 million km2 and an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of about 2 million km …2. Almost half (39%) of the Indian population utilizes the marine fisheries resources. India ranked sixth worldwide in … substantially increased from Rs46 crores in 1960 - 61 to Rs4 697 (US$121*) in 1997 - 98. India exports about 55 types of marine …

Marine fisheries production in India has increased from 0.5 million t in 1950 to 2.47 million t in 1997. The gross … value of fisheries landings in India was US$2.37 billion in 1997. The contribution of fisheries to the Gross Domestic … the southwest coast of India is sustainable coastal fisheries development. This requires key ecological, social, economic …

southwest (SW) coast of India. The model consisted of 11 ecological groups and used estimated landings from all areas along the …