The status and prospectus of fisheries and aquaculture in Maharashtra, India

567-575Fisheries and aquaculture sector has witnessed rapid development across the states of India and has paved way for income generation and livelihood for associated rural and urban communities. Maharashtra state ranks 7th with around 5 % share in country’s fish production, is yet to explore its untapped potential completely. Marine fisheries had always a major share (currently 82 %) compared to inland fisheries (currently 18 %) for Maharashtra. The cyclic vulnerability of marine catch and growing demand of ever increasing human population provides scope for increasing share of inland fisheries in food basket. The systematic structuring of policies and rigid implementation of the regulations for sustainable utilization of the available fisheries resources needs attention for further growth in fisheries sector of the state

An Assessment of Entrepreneurship Behaviour of Fisherwomen in the Ratnagiri block of Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra State, India

A study on entrepreneurship behaviour of fisherwomen in the Ratnagiri block of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state was conducted during 2011-12 with a sample size of 105 fisherwomen from 10 villages of Ratnagiri block in Ratnagiri district. The components of entrepreneurial behaviour were innovativeness, risk orientation, decision making, economic motivation, management orientation and self-confidence. Among all these components majority of respondents (55.24%) belong to medium entrepreneurial behaviour but in innovativeness and achievement motivation respondents exhibited low and high entrepreneurial behaviour category. The rank correlation technique was applied and found that the characteristics such as education, family size, house type and social participation were positively and significantly (P < 0.05) correlated with entrepreneurial behaviour. Principal component analysis was performed to find out the major components of entrepreneurial behaviour of the sampled fisherwomen. The first three principal components accounted for almost 58.97 per cent of the total variance. Canonical correlation analysis was used to examine the potential relationship between sociopersonal variables and entrepreneurship behaviour variables. Results of the analysis showed that there was no relationship between set of socio-personal variables and entrepreneurial behaviour variable

Anticipating the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on the Indian fisheries sector for technological and policy reforms

Not AvailableThe lockdowns imposed to contain the COVID-19 spread had an indisputably cascading effect on the aquaculture industry across the globe. It has adversely impacted the Indian fisheries sector through changing purchaser demand, supply chain disruptions, trade restrictions, and also the livelihood of millions dependent on it. However, the consequential reduced fishing will also likely help in replenishment of the aquatic biodiversity and provide the balance needed in the long-term sustenance of the fisheries sector. The technological and policy interventions in pre and post-harvest fisheries operations are anticipated to reduce some of these negative impacts in similar lockdown scenarios.Not Availabl