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 …