Fisheries economics – case studies- Winter School on Towards Ecosystem Based Management of Marine Fisheries – Building Mass Balance Trophic and Simulation Models

Economics is the study of how human beings in a society go about achieving their wants and desires. It is also defined as the study of allocation of scarce resources to satisfy individual wants or desires. The latter is perhaps the best way to broadly define the study of economics in general. Economists analyse questions and issues on the basis of trade off i.e. they compare the cost and the benefits of every issue and make decisions based on those costs and benefits. Broadly, economics may be divided into macroeconomics and microeconomics. Macroeconomics as the name suggests is the study of the overall economy and its aggregates such as Gross National Product, Inflation, Unemployment, Exports, Imports, Taxation policy etc. Microeconomics deals with individual actors in the economy such as firms and individuals. Further the market is perhaps the most important and complex institution playing a vital role in the decision making process of any economy

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Economic concepts and applications with special reference to climate change. In: Winter School on Impact of Climate Change on Indian Marine Fisheries held at CMFRI, Cochin 18.1.2008 to 7.2.2008

Economics is the social science, which examines how people choose to use limited or scarce resources in attempting to satisfy their unlimited wants. Alfred Marshall defined economics as “a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life; it examines that part of individual and social action which is most closely connected with the attainment and with the use of the material requisites of wellbeing”. Thus it is on one side a study of wealth; and on the other, and more important side, a part of the study of man. Most contemporary definitions of economics are based upon choice and scarcity. One of the earliest definitions in this category is by Lionell Robbins in 1935: “Economics is a science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

Price spread of marine fish and need for cooperative fish marketing

Price spread of marine fish and need for cooperative fish marketin

Growth in fleet size and investment in marine fisheries and scope for open sea mariculture

Fishing has been considered as a primary livelihood option since time immemorial, for the occupants of the coastal belt in India, stretching along 8129 kms. Fisheries play a predominant strategic role in the economic activity of our country by its contribution to national income, food and employment. It supports the deprived coastal community and serves as an important foreign exchange earner contributing substantially to food and nutritional security. It is also a principal source of livelihood to people in coastal areas. Fisheries contribute about 1 per cent of India’s GDP, which forms about 4.12 per cent of the agricultural GDP (2003-04). The total fish production during the four decades (1950-51 to 1990-91) showed an annual average compound growth rate that varied between 3.35 to 4.62 percent. About 12.2 lakh fisherfolk operate diverse types of craft-gear combinations with regional and seasonal variations all along the Indian coastline. The secondary sector provides employment to more than 15 lakh people and another one lakh people is employed in the tertiary sector

Marine fisheries economics research n India. In: Winter School on Impact of Climate Change on Indian Marine Fisheries held at CMFRI, Cochin 18.1.2008 to 7.2.2008

Marine fisheries ensure the livelihood security of about three million people inhabited along the coastal belt and an equal number living elsewhere and depending on the post harvest sector, besides supplying nutrition rich food to the entire population. In the export front, the foreign exchange earnings of marine products reached the level of Rs. 8363.53 crores (2006-07). Fisheries sector contributes to about one per cent of the GDP (2005-06). Though the marine fish production has increased from 0.5 million tonnes in 1950 to 2.71 million tonnes in 2006, the per capita production of all types of fishing units has declined over the years. The post harvest sector of marine fisheries employs about 15 lakh people. In marine fish marketing, initially almost the entire 1332 landing centres located all along the 8129 km of Indian coast, served as primary markets. Gradually the commercial importance of traditional landing points shifted to a few selected urban centres mainly because of the better fishery infrastructure facilities available in these areas, mechanisation of fishing and diversion of the fish catch to the export marketing channel

Techno economic efficiency of resource use in trawl fishing in Andhra Pradesh-a case study in Kakinada

Fisheries sector in India has transformed from subsistence level to the status of an industry in the last five decades and contributes about 1.4 per cent to the country's GOP. Mechanization of fishing (mainly trawl fishing) is one of the factors responsible for this transformation. Presently about 47,000 mechanized crafts operate in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone, harvesting the fishery resources in the inshore waters (0-50 m depth) and even beyond. In trawl fishing, the fishermen follow different fishing methods like multiday or voyage fishing, lasting for about 5 to 12 days to get more catch and hence, income. These methods have not only brought higher catch but also caused the indiscriminate exploitation of commercially important fishery resources. This necessitates assessing the technical and economic efficiency of input use in trawl fishing to ascertain optimization of resource use, and hence the present study was carried out at Kakinada of East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh

Policy issues for marine fisheries management in India

Policy issues for marine fisheries management in Indi

Socio Economic structural changes in the marine fisheries sector of India and coastal zone management

Socio Economic structural changes in the marine fisheries sector of India and coastal zone managemen

Socio Economic Scenario of Marine Fisheries in Kerala - Status and Scope for Improvement

The share of fishery sector in the Agricultural State Domestic Product of Kerala increased from 5.18 % in the eighties to 9.36 % in nineties and thereafter maintained a stable position. The consistent increase in share of fisheries in the agricultural and allied sectors over the years establishes the significance of this sunrise sector