Technological advancements fuelled the growth of fisheries sector in India. Over eight fold increase in fish production during the last six decades was primarily due to transformation of traditional fishing practices into capital intensive industry through development and transfer of fisheries and aquaculture technologies. The available literature on the research and development process of Indian fisheries sector is scattered. Therefore, the accessibility for this information is laborious. The titled Marine Fisheries and Mariculture in India is an effort to consolidate and comprehensively present the status of marine capture fisheries and mariculture under ten major chapters: i. Evolution of fisheries research and development, ii. fisheries heritage in India, iii. evolution of marine fishing practices, iv. fishing crafts and gears, v. marine fish production-pelagic, demersal, crustacean, molluscan and deep sea resources, vi. island fisheries, vii. coastal mariculture, viii. post-harvest technologies, ix. utilization and marketing and x. marine fisheries management. The references cited and suggested literature on the subject is listed at the end of each chapters.
The publication is primarily based on information culled out from various literatures on the subject, author's own 40 long years research/academic experience in the field, discussion with the stakeholdes, field visits etc. The gathered information is presented in a systematic manner to facilitate the readers interested in marine capture fisheries and mariculture. This is an attempt to provide comprehensive information on all areas of marine fisheries and mariculture to the endusers. The publication of this nature will be a very useful source of information for students, researchers, development workers, entrepreneurs, planners, policy makers and all those concerned with the development of fisheries.
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