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Structure, Conduct and Performance of Value Chain in Seaweed farming in India
Among the three types of technologies available in the fisheries sector in India, seaweed farming, initially promoted as a livelihood option, has emerged as the one area which probably has the maximum potential for up-scaling. This paper has examined the structure, conduct and performance of the value chain in seaweed farming in India inquiring into the production, institutional, marketing, social and community relationships in small-scale seaweed farming in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu and the concept of self-help groups (SHG) as an increasingly workable option for coastal resources management. The value chain analysis of the sector has substantially proved that committed and synergistic production, marketing and institutional arrangements enabled by corporate leadership, offers considerable savings in transaction costs. The SHG model has also shown strong gender orientation in the initial years of seaweed culture in the district contributing to strong structural foundations to the movement. The seaweed sector in the coastal India has all the potential to rise from the low-income conditions normally associated with basic livelihood activities to higher levels of employment-income-consumption relationships.Agricultural and Food Policy,
Economic analysis of cage culture of sea bass
Open sea cage farming can be referred to as the method
of culturing aquatic organisms in enclosed cages made of
various materials in the seas. The true cage farming is of
recent origin and a well established practice in Southeast
Asian countries. The practice developed independently in
a number of countries, all in Southeast Asia. Presently,
cage culture is developing fast and turning to a highly
commercialized business activity in many Asian countries
Maximum economic yield and its importance in fisheries management
Fishery resources are renewable natural resource but are liable to become extinct (as
witnessed in many cases across the globe) if continuous and indiscriminate harvest is
adopted Here the size of the stock (population) depends on the biological, economic and
social considerations. Since fisheries resources are mostly coming under common property
resources, its management becomes a complex issue (due to which a comprehensive
management measure could not be exercised) and we have to resort to various management
intervention options to ensure sustainable harvest as well as to maintain inter and intra
generational equity. The management issue gains more significance in India wherein species
diversity is very high and so the diversity among the fishing communities involved in fishing
operations. тАЬIn an open access regime like fishery, negative externalities are many, which
implies that uncontrolled fishery will bound to end up in what is called tragedy of commons.тАЩ
(Grafton et.al, 2006)
Economic valuation of marine ecosystem services
The marine and coastal ecosystem provides a variety of services. Fisheries is an important
provisioning service with supplements from supporting and cultural services. The potential
services that can be provided by the marine coastal ecosystem includes, sustainable catch,
which provides assured income to the fishers, regulates natural phenomena as certain marine
fauna acts as bio-filters, provides a rich treasure of marine bio-diversity
Economic efficiency in fishing operations-Technology, Exploitation and Sustainability Issues
India being a republic with the essence of federal principles encapsulated in its constitution has vested very important responsibilities and power with its 28 states and 6 union territories. According to the constitution the state legislatures have the power to make laws and regulations with respect to a number of subject matters including water, land, fisheries as well as the preservation, protection and improvement of stock and the prevention of animal disease. As regards the implementation of strictures and regulations on mattered concerned with the natural resources like fish the three major branches of the nation play equally important roles. They are the legislative, judicial and executive branches, which have been clearly envisaged under the constitution
Understanding Household Economy
Household economy is the strength of our nation. The above words from a film song advise the people to restrict their expense within their means of income. If it exceeds, he or she has to be in trouble. This is the fulcrum for any economy be it a householdor nation. Everyone has to accept that our nation is made of millions of households, which has their own management methods
Tradeoffs in Fisheries -Sustainability and Development
Fishery resources are renewable natural resources but not in-exhaustible. The threat of extinction or over-exploitation due to indiscriminate fishing practice is being witnessed at different countries. One of the important aim of the fisheries management is to develop programme for sustainable fishing. The concept of sustainable fishing focuses on maintaining inter and intra-generational equity in the parlance of resource economics
Domestic fish marketing opportunities for marine fisheries sector in India
Fisheries have emerged as the fastest
growing food productionsector in the Indian
economy. The market performance has
transformed fisheries from subsistence
sector to the status of a multi~crore industry
during the last six decades. Besides,
serving as sources of income,employment,
livelihood, food security, the sector also
provides a comparatively cheaper source
of animal protein to the population
Price policy and fish marketing system in India
An efficient Price
Policy of fish or any other commodity aims at to
ensure the services of middlemen at minimum cost.
In other words, the pricing efficiency is concerned
with improving the operation of buying, selling and
other connected aspects of marketing process so
that it will remain responsive to consumer behavior.
Further, modem fish marketing policy
should envisage not only meeting the existing
demand for fish but also tapping the potential
demand
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
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