Fishery Commodity Chain Trap vis-à-vis Global Quality Standards: An Analysis of the Kerala Marine Fishery

The article examines the commodity chain trap of marine fishery in Kerala, at both material and value terms, and its ramifications in the globalised fishery chains. The marketing chains both material and value, are very complex in nature since they involve many types of markets and large number of intermediaries and participants. The article also scrutinizes the sensitivity of consumers’ and country’s responses in terms of dietary and hygienic standards relating to seafood trade. In addition, it discusses the devastating effect about the recent stipulations like the US Bio-Terrorism Act and Shrimp anti-dumping duty on the Kerala fishery products. Keywords: commodity chain trap, marketing chain, marine fishery, quality assurance standards, sea food trade, material chain, price spread, value chain, bio-terrorism, shrimp anti-dumping