The present understanding of the term fishery management includes, besides conservation (avoiding over-flshing), other aspects like avoiding under-flshing of stocks, meting out social equity and affording consumer protection, mathematical models developed, based on experience In
temperate waters, are of doubtful applicability in the tropical waters. Moreover, in a populous country like India, employment, economic and social
aspects are the dominant considerations. In India, while fish production has increased, the unit production of both mechanised and nonmechanised
sectors has dropped to about 40%, but the higher price of fish, both In the export and domestic market, is sustaining the fishing industr
