Fishery Resources Sample Clauses

Fishery Resources. Inland water fishery is managed under different property and management regimes having direct bearing on socio-economic conditions of fisherman. Some institutional arrangements are required to regulate the efforts and limit the fish harvesting to maximum sustainable level in the estuarine fisheries, which are presently under an open access regime. The same holds true for the fisheries in floodplain wetlands, which are under either cooperative or private management regime. These arrangements should be strengthened through re-examination of the lease policy and revitalization of the cooperatives. The need for innovative institutional arrangements is felt for shrimp farming, which has spatial and temporal environmental externalities, as well as adverse socio-economic impact within coastal ecosystem. Pumping of brackish water and indiscriminate use of sub-terrain fresh water for hatcheries of shrimp farms cause salinity, making fresh water unfit for irrigation and human consumption. Coastal mangrove forests are also depleting in shrimp farming and promote inefficient use of coastal resources, policy for coastal CPRs, market interventions and institutional structures are called for.