The Fishery Survey of India (FiSI), founded in 1983 by the

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, for the

fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...

studies, research and survey of the traditional and

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fisheries of India within India's Exclusive economic zone, is tasked with the preparation of an annual Fishery Resources Survey and "Assessment and Research Programme" for the

sustainable fishery A conventional idea of a sustainable fishery is that it is one that is harvested at a sustainable rate, where the fish population does not decline over time because of fishing practices. Sustainability in fisheries combines theoretical discipl ...

requirements of

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fishermen, small and medium boat operators and industrial fleet of deep-sea

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History

FiSI, founded in 1983, has its origin in the establishment of "Deep Sea Fishing Station" pilot project by government in 1946. In 1974 it was renamed "Exploratory Fisheries Project" and granted the status of an institute. In 1983, after Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) come into force by UNCLS in 1982, the institute was renamed "Fishery Survey of India" and designated a national institute. In 2005 the Marine Engineering Division was transferred to FiSI fro
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In 2016, the institute moved to its new headquarter at

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.India looks to raise marine fisheries production
WorldFishing.Net, 4 Aug 2016. On 27 July 2017, "Deep Sea Fishing Project" was launched by Prime Minister

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to end the

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fishing by providing incentives to 2,000 trawlers from

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to diversify into deep sea fishing.Deep sea fishing project receives good response

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Importance

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Fishing Boats, Early Morning, Puri Beach, Orissa

India, with 8,118km

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, 2 million square kilometres Exclusive economic zone including 530,000km2

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and 6.3% of the world fisheries production, is second largest fisheries producer after China with 9.58 million tonnes total production and 1.05 million tonnes export worth INR 334.4 billion (US$5.57 billion) export revenue, with marine fishing constituting 35% share, 70% from

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and 30% from

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(2014-2015). India has 14 million people employed in fisheries, including 1.9 million fishermen with 80,000 mechanised fishing vessels, 75,000 motorised fishing boats and 50,000 traditional non-motorised fishing boats. The largest output producer states are Andhra Pradesh 20%, West Bengal 15%, Gujarat 8%, Kerala 7%, Maharashtra 6% and Tamil Nadu 6% (2014-2015). Among processed exports, major exports are tuna, prawns, squid and cuttlefish. Export volumes and values respectively are: frozen shrimp 31% and 64%, fresh and frozen fish 33% and 14.2%, frozen squid 9% and 6%, and frozen cuttlefish 7% and 5%.Steps to develop tuna fisheries in Andaman

, 7 Jul 2017.Meet on development of tuna fishing to be held at CIFT, Kochi

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, 7 Jul 2017.How Sustainable Is The Fishing Industry In India?
Business World India, 20 Apr 2017. The largest importers of Indian fisheries output are USA 26%,

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nations 26%,

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20% (export to UK will increase due to 2016

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), Japan 9%,

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nations 6% and China 4%. After the discovery of additional fishing resources in the annual surveys, the government has undertaken schemes to increase deep sea fishing to enhance the total output.

Capabilities

As of 2016, FiSi has a fleet of 11 ocean survey vessels for Fishery Resources Survey spread across 6 major ports of India, with a total of 752 employees across India.An exciting time for students at Fishery Survey of India open house

, 21 Dec 2012.

References

External links

Comprehensive third-party report on FiSI
2016.

Citations