Fishing for sustenance: In Kerala

With a coastline of 590 km, Kerala has over 2.5 lakh fishermen and six lakh people dependent on fishing related activities like processing and fish vending for their livelihood. Kerala contributes about 20 percent of the country's marine fish landings. The state has rich inland water bodies including 44 rivers, 30 major reservoirs, fresh ponds, tanks, backwater bodies and brackish water area. Over the years, the government has initiated several policies to ensure the use of better and more modern technology by the sector. This includes greater mechanisation of fishing crafts, use of synthetic gear and advances in electronic navigation with the use of sound echo as well as GPS. These measures have resulted in the development of better infrastructure for the fisheries sector. The state now has nearly 287 seafood exporters, 169 cold storages and 124 processing plants.

Kerala holds the number one place in the country's fishery economy. The three estate of the fishery economy, Viz the water resources, the fish resources and the human resources are at their best in the Kerala fishery economy. All our efforts to the development, conservation and perpetuation of these estates of our fishery economy were pioneered by Kerala. Governance of the Fisheries sector is vested with the Minister of Fisheries. All the development and management programmes envisaged by the Government in the Fisheries sector are being implemented by the State Department of Fisheries

Source: ksidc.org, kerala.gov.in
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