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 …

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