Indian Marine Fisheries Code: Guidance on a Marine FisheriesManagement Model for India
2017
India’s marine fisheries are at a turning point; the rapid increase in yields witnessed
during the first 60 years of independence has slowed down and the scope for increase
in yields from new unexploited and underexploited fish stocks and grounds seems
limited. The situation calls for urgent measures to sustain the production close to the
target potential yield of 4.41 million tonnes. These measures would mean implementation
of science based fisheries management and regulations. Although much has been
accomplished by way of research and development in marine fisheries in India, the
transformation and implementation of the outcome of these studies into effective
management of marine fisheries resources of the country has been a shortcoming so
far. The FAO brought out the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (FAO-CCRF)
in 1995 to serve as a guidance for countries for a sound and effective management of
fisheries resources. This FAO-CCRF has not been put into practice in India, althrough
there are some compliances.
Scientists of the CMFRI and CIFT, two of India’s major fisheries research institutes,
have come together to develop a guidance on how the code can be put into practice
in the country. Aptly named as Indian Marine Fisheries Code (IMFC), it is expected to
give an impetus to bring about a sea change in the manner in which marine fisheries
is managed in the country. The IMFC explains in detail each sub-article of the FAOCCRF
and provides information on how the article can be implemented and by whom.
The IMFC further proposes several new bodies which are necessary to place fisheries
management in the country on an unassailable footing. It is expected that all fisheries
management bodies in the country, both at central and state levels would find the IMFC
as a useful guidance for the future.
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