A BIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF MARINE FISH PRODUCTiuN IN KERALA
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Authors
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Aswathy N.
Socio-Economic Evaluation and Technology Transfer Division{SEETTD}, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute {!CAR), Post Box No. 1603, Cochin-682 018, Kerala
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T. R. Shanmugam
Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Lawley Road P.O.,
Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu
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K. R. Ashok
Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Lawley Road P.O.,
Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu,
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R. Sathiadhas
Socio-Economic Evaluation and Technology Transfer Division{SEETTD}, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute {!CAR), Post Box No. 1603, Cochin-682 018, Kerala
Abstract
The study has been undertaken in Kerala State in India with an overall objective of analyzing the bioeconomic conditions of commercially exploited marine fishes for assessing their sustainability in the context of existing management practices. Maximum Sustainable Yield, Maximum Economic Yield and Open Access levels of yield and effort were analyzed using Gompertz-Fox growth model. The study concluded that the fishing effort exceeded the economically optimal levels and there is unnecessary wastage of money, manpower and fuel in the fishing industry. The study stressed the urgent need for capture fisheries management in the State which at present follows an open access fishery where regulations exist only in the form of seasonal closure in the monsoon season.
Keywords: Open access, Bioeconomics, MSY, MEV.
