Trajectory of Aquaculture Growth and Agriculture Risk with Predicted Scenario in the Western Bank of Hooghly Estuary using Remote Sensing and GIS – A Review
Aquaculture farming is at its boom in the last two decades. Most of the rivers and canals are banked with aquafarmsglobally with India as no exception. India ranks third in the world in aquaculture production. East coast indicates significantgrowth of aquaculture farms in the past few decades. The western bank of Hooghly estuary is one of the noted zones foraquaculture farming. This paper detailed the growth of aquafarms in the above mentioned coastal zone in the last few decadesalong with predicted scenarios in the next two decades. The impacts of increasing aquafarms in the inland, river banks and alongthe coast were also discussed in the paper. Temporal analysis and predictions were done using Remote sensing and GIStechniques along with CA-MARKOV land use/land cover prediction model
