The document discusses different sectors of the fishing industry in India. It describes the main industry, which involves catching fish and transporting/processing them. It also discusses the ancillary industry that supports the main industry through boat building, gear manufacturing, etc. Finally, it categorizes the fishing industry based on purpose into subsistence fishing, commercial fishing focused on profit, and recreational fishing done for leisure.

1. FISHING INDUSTRY
MAIN INDUSTRY, ANCILLARY INDUSTRY,
SUBSISTENCE & RECREATIONAL FISHING
RAHUL MONDAL
M.Sc. IF
2nd SEMESTER

2. • WHAT IS FISHING?
INTR0DUCTI0N
Fishing is the activity of trying to catchfish.
Fish are normally caught in the wild.
Technique for catching fish include hand
gathering , spearing, netting, angling and
trapping.
• WHAT IS INDUSTRY?
Industry is the production of an economic good
or service within an economy.

3. • All the industries coming under fishery termed as the FISHING
INDUSTRIES. It start up with catching raw material till its final
processing &marketting. It organised under Private, Corporate & CO-
Oparative sector
• At present the FISHING INDUSTRY of the country incudes the Main
industry of
 catching
 Processing
 Transportation
 Distribution
 Marketting
• Ancillary industries such as
 Fishing vessel construction
 Engines
 Fishing gear & fishing vessel component
 Refrigeration & cold storage

4. • The industries is cooperative plan of producers,consumers
regulaters DIVIDED IN TWO WAYS—
 BASED ON NATURE ON SPECIFICATION
 BASED ON THE PURPOSE
FISHERIES SECTOR
Here are 3 principle industry sectors.
 the commercial sector
 the traditional sector
 the recreational sector

5. MAIN INDUSTRY
• Directly connected to industry
• involves the catching of raw material and till reaching the consumer
hand
• Involve catching of raw material
• Majorly controlled by private or government sector also
 Traditional fishing industry
 Small partnership or limited companies
 Large business houses
• Involves capital investment-from a few hundred to huge amount of
capita
• Operation and management, defers from simple to integrated fishing
industries
• Traditional sector still in unorganised state

6. Main Industries are comprise 3 more sector
A. PRIMARY INDUSTRY
B. SECONDARY INDUSTRY
C. TERTIARY INDUSTRY
PRIMARY SECTOR
It involves the Production of raw material<fish> from water body.
Raw materials are available by two methods.
It includes CULTURE FISHERIES & CAPTURE FISHERIES

7. CULTURE FISHERIES: Fishing and fish
culture are popular parts of the cultural
tradition for many people. It mainly
concentrated on freshwater, brackish
water and mariculture. species culrured
includes shell fishes,finfishes and
mollusca.
 RESERVOIRS-3.15 million ha
 PONDS AND TANKS-2.36 million ha
CAPTURE FISHERIES : fishing from aquatic resources like
marine, riverine, and estuarine system.
RIVERS AND CANALS-0.19 million km
BRACKISH WATER-1.24million ha
India's marine capture fish production ,increased from
520,000 tonnes in 1950 to 3.15 million tonnes in 2007.

8. SECONDARY SECTOR
the secondary sector includes the handling of fish, it also include
processing industry, pre-processing industry .etc. Various processing
technologies are utilized by different plants.
Fish processing is the processing of fish delivered by
commercial fisheries and fish farms. Fish processing can be subdivided in
2 catagories: fish handling & fish products manufacturing.
 fish products
 Fish meal
 Fish glue
 Canned fish
 Frozen fish
 Export of fish and fishery product :
15,700tonnes(Rs3.92crore) in 1961-62
5.41 lakh tonnes(Rs7.621crore) in 2007-08

9. tertiARY SECTOR
It involves transportational distribution of products and marketing.
Tertiary industry is consumer ending sector, it also includes all activities.
After the fish is caught and processed. Transportational involves 2 forms-
LIVE(ornamental fishes), PROCESSED FISH.
o PROCESSED FISH
oORNAMENTAL oFISH MARKETTING
FISH

10. ANCILLARY INDUSTRY
• This industry is a supportive industry of main industry.
• It provides all background support to the main industry.
• It includes industries like—
 Boat building yards
 Repairing and servicing facilities
 Gear manufacturing industry
 Marine diesel engine manufacturing industry
 Icemaking industry

11. BASED ON THE PURPOSE
Depending upon the nature of income and purpose , it is divided into 3-
 Subsistence fisheries
 Commercial fisheries
 Recreational fisheries
SUBSISTENCE FISHERIES
• Includes all the activities involved in supporting livelihood of the
fisherman
• The effort is extended to such a level which is just enough to ensure
nutritional security and some degree of financial support too
• This include mainly capture practices(no investment involved)

12. • Culture practices are very minimum and include casual rearing in
backyard pond etc
• Income is characterized to support the fishermen
COMMERCIAL FISHERIES
• It includes activities which generates a lot of profit
• Contribute largely to national economy by providing valuable exports
 Rs. 12901 crores<2011>
• Ensuring nutritional security to the country as a whole
• The income is characterised with planned trading and marketing
policies
• Top producing countries are in order CHINA, PERU, JAPAN

13. RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
• Harvesting fish for personal use, leisure and
challenge
• also called Sport fishing
• The most common form of recreational
fishing is done with a rod, reel, line, hooks
and any one of a wide range of baits
• eg. As opposed to profit or research
• Its doesn’t includes sale or trade of all part
of catch
• It includes activities which generates profit
by providing entertainment values to the
willing customers