Fishing: The Most Important Livelihood Consequences Of The Fishing Industry In India

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1.1 INTRODUCTION
Fishing is the ancient and one of the most important livelihood options of the inhabitants of the coastal line of the country since the time immemorial. The fisher folk purely depend on the marine environment for their day to day affairs and it has been considered as the custodian of livelihood security. Fisheries sector contributions to the national income, exports, food and nutritional protection and employment generation. Approximately, 1% of the total populations rely on the fishery sector in India as a primary source of income and life dependence (Ministry Statistics and Programme Implementation, 2011).Six million fishermen engage themselves directly in fishing and another six million people are employed in fishery related …show more content…

With the advent of planning in India, considerable attention has been devoted to reduce individual as well as regional income disparities. The allocation of resources for fisheries sector in each successive five year plan has been increased with a view to augment marine fish production and to improve the socio-economic conditions of fishermen.[5] Fishing has been one of the oldest economic activities of human race. It comes next only to agriculture. Fish and other sea food constitute an enchantingly integral part of a wholesome food provision. Specially, fishes of several varieties serve as tasty and healthy food with rice protein and fat content. The ‘omega’ a chemical element found in fish has immense medicinal value. Experts believe that such properties of fish could be consumed even by persons having heart problems.[6] Fish production plays an important role in the socio-economic life of India. It is a rich source of India. It is a rich source of protein and high quality food. It is also an important source for income and employment to millions of rural farmers, particularly women. With a large human population in India and over 250 million economically strong potential consumers of food and those who have an adequate purchasing power, the domestic demand for the fish and processed fish food is increasing very

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