Internationally traded fisheries products are characterised by a high degree of
heterogenity, reflecting the wide range of species and of processing techniques.
Indian sea food industry, by and large still remains as a supplier of raw materials to
the pre processors in foreign countries and 90 per cent goes in bulk packs, which is
the prime reason for the drastic reduction in the unit value realisation (Rao and
Prakash, 1999). India 's share in the overall trade of the world is 1.5 to 2 per cent
