Major harbours Fishing in India

kochi shipyard



a fishing dock in maharashtra

apart 5 main fishing harbours--mangalore (karnataka), kochi (kerala), chennai (tamil nadu), vishakhapatnam (andhra pradesh), , raichak in kolkata (west bengal)--twenty-three minor fishing harbors , ninety-five fish-landing centers designated provide landing , berthing facilities fishing craft. harbors @ vishakhapatnam, kochi, , roychowk completed 1980; 1 @ madras completed in 1980s. major fishing harbor under construction @ sassoon dock in mumbai in 1990s, thirteen additional minor fishing harbors , eighteen small landing centers. 1990, there 225 deep-sea fishing vessels operating in india s exclusive economic zone. of these, 165 owned indian shipping companies, , rest chartered foreign fishing vessels.

the government provides subsidies poor fishermen can motorize traditional craft increase range , frequency of operation, consequent increase in catch , earnings. total of 26,171 traditional craft had been motorized under program 1992.