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Abstract:
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Fish and fishery products are regarded as healthy foods and there has been
a significant increase in their global trade. Besides that, trade liberalization policies, globalization of food systems and technological innovations have
furthered the increase in international trade in fish and fishery products.Fish and fishery product exports have a significant place in the export
basket of India. Export earnings of India from fishery products increased from
` 4 crores in 1960-61to ` 12901.47 crores in 2010-11(MPEDA, 2012). The
share of export earnings from fish and fishery products as a percentage of total
agricultural exports of India increased from a low of 1.76 percent in 1960-61
to a high of 25.06 percent in 1994-95. But its share declined to 16.60 percent
in the following year. Though its share in agricultural exports of the country
has declined since then, in 2010-11, marine product exports accounted for 9.61 percent of total agricultural exports of India representing a significant share. |