Centre of advanced studies in mariculture

During the last three decades marine fisheries in India has shown a steady growth from an annual yield of about 0.5 million tonnes to 1.4 million tonnes. The emphasis had been on capture fisheries, particularly for prawns and shrimps which form the main-stay of the export oriented fishing industry. However, during the last few years, the researches on stocks on prawns carried out by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has shown that the exploitation has reached a stabilisation level in some areas along the west coast, while in others there are indications of heavy exploitation of stocks