A. Deepthi, Yarrakula Mahesh Babu and S. S. Dana and N. V. Sujathkumar
The marine fish production in India increased from 14.30 lakh tonnes in 1985 to 38.30 lakh tonnes in 2011. As fisheries is one of the important sector in India, it provides employment to millions of people and contributes to food security of the country. It is widely quoted that the depletion is due to introduction of trawler fishing techniques, which scrape the bottom of the sea and end up catching juvenile fish. In this context, State Government has imposed fishing ban for a specific period in order to allow the fish to spawn and replenish its species. Blanket ban on fishing during specific period in a year is one of the most commonly practiced techniques to sustain the fisheries resources. Therefore one should think about the sustainability rather than the increasing the production and we should ensure the fishermen aware of the fishing ban and its importance in sustainability. This study is conducted based on the above context to find out the constraints faced by the fishermen during the fishing ban period and their awareness status towards different aspects related to fishing ban and sustainability of marine resources. A group of 90 fishermen were selected fromThoothukudi north and Thoothukudi south using random sampling technique.
