This paper presents the trend of marine fish landings of Orissa during the period 1975-
2006. The marine fish landings of Orissa indicated a general increasing trend from 16,804 t in
1975 to 1, 01,500 t during 2005 contributing to an average of 2.6% of the all India marine fish
landings. Demersal fishery resources including crustaceans and molluscs dominated the landings
ranging between 6575 t during 1977 to 56,556 t during 2005. The pelagic fishes contributed to
8497 t during 1977 to 44472 t during 2005. A total of six types of mechanized and motorized
gear each and seven types of non-motorized gears were operated off Orissa during 2005 &
2006.The total effort both in units and Actual Fishing Hours (AFH) was greater during 2005
(5.91 Lakh units & 35 Lakh AFH ) than during 2006 (5.49 Lakh units & 31 Lakh AFH). While
motorized gears expended more effort in terms of units, mechanized gears had put in more AFH
during both the years. Gear wise, all the resources were landed more by mechanized gears followed
by motorized gears and non-motorized gears. Resource wise, pelagic fishes were contributed
mainly by carangids (21%), ribbon fishes (19.5%) and other clupeids (13.5%). The major
contributors of demersal resources were croakers (35%), pomfrets (17%), catfishes (16%), and
silver bellies (5.4%). Crustacean resources were dominated by penaeid prawns (78%) followed
by non-penaeid prawns (11.6%) and crabs (9.25%). Seasonally, all major resources were landed
more during October to December and January to March perio
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