An appraisal of the marine fisheries of Orissa India

Kuriakose Somy, . and Sivakami S., . An appraisal of the marine fisheries of Orissa India. pp. 691-705. ISSN 0116-6514

This paper presents the trend of marine fish landings of Orissa during the period 1975- 2006. The marine fish landings of Orissa indicated a general increasing trend from 16 804 t in 1975 to 1 1 500 t during 2005 contributing to an average of 2.6 of the all India marine fish landings. Demersal fishery resources including crustaceans and molluscs dominated the landings ranging between 6575 t during 1977 to 56 556 t during 2005. The pelagic fishes contributed to 8497 t during 1977 to 44472 t during 2005. A total of six types of mechanized and motorized gear each and seven types of non-motorized gears were operated off Orissa during 2005 2006.The total effort both in units and Actual Fishing Hours (AFH) was greater during 2005 (5.91 Lakh units 35 Lakh AFH ) than during 2006 (5.49 Lakh units 31 Lakh AFH). While motorized gears expended more effort in terms of units mechanized gears had put in more AFH during both the years. Gear wise all the resources were landed more by mechanized gears followed by motorized gears and non-motorized gears. Resource wise pelagic fishes were contributed mainly by carangids (21) ribbon fishes (19.5) and other clupeids (13.5). The major contributors of demersal resources were croakers (35) pomfrets (17) catfishes (16) and silver bellies (5.4). Crustacean resources were dominated by penaeid prawns (78) followed by non-penaeid prawns (11.6) and crabs (9.25). Seasonally all major resources were landed more during October to December and January to March period.

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Abstract

This paper presents the trend of marine fish landings of Orissa during the period 1975- 2006. The marine fish landings of Orissa indicated a general increasing trend from 16 804 t in 1975 to 1 1 500 t during 2005 contributing to an average of 2.6 of the all India marine fish landings. Demersal fishery resources including crustaceans and molluscs dominated the landings ranging between 6575 t during 1977 to 56 556 t during 2005. The pelagic fishes contributed to 8497 t during 1977 to 44472 t during 2005. A total of six types of mechanized and motorized gear each and seven types of non-motorized gears were operated off Orissa during 2005 2006.The total effort both in units and Actual Fishing Hours (AFH) was greater during 2005 (5.91 Lakh units 35 Lakh AFH ) than during 2006 (5.49 Lakh units 31 Lakh AFH). While motorized gears expended more effort in terms of units mechanized gears had put in more AFH during both the years. Gear wise all the resources were landed more by mechanized gears followed by motorized gears and non-motorized gears. Resource wise pelagic fishes were contributed mainly by carangids (21) ribbon fishes (19.5) and other clupeids (13.5). The major contributors of demersal resources were croakers (35) pomfrets (17) catfishes (16) and silver bellies (5.4). Crustacean resources were dominated by penaeid prawns (78) followed by non-penaeid prawns (11.6) and crabs (9.25). Seasonally all major resources were landed more during October to December and January to March period.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Marine fisheries
AGROVOC Term:	Demersal fisheries
AGROVOC Term:	Fish catching
AGROVOC Term:	Fishing gear
AGROVOC Term:	Yields
AGROVOC Term:	Crustaceans
AGROVOC Term:	Mollusca
AGROVOC Term:	Marine fishes
AGROVOC Term:	Prawns and shrimps
AGROVOC Term:	Shellfish
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:53
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7925

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