Fisheries Governance and Legislation in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Fisheries resource and their management. 3. Fisheries Governance in India. 4. Inland fisheries legislation in India. 5. Marine fisheries legislation in India. 6. United nation law of the sea and other international conventions. 7. Agencies and organizations for promotion of fisheries in India and worldwide. 8. Climate change and legislation. Bibliography. Annexes. Index.

Sustainable development, biodiversity conservation and livelihood security in fisheries and aquaculture depend on many pillars, among them effective legislation and good governance play a crucial role. Basic understanding about laws, acts and other legal frameworks by development personnel/change agents is a pre-requisite to achieve the goal. This book is intended to provide such knowledge to the students perusing their higher education in Fisheries science in various Fisheries Colleges and Universities/Institutes of Fisheries Sciences in the country. Development administrators in both goernment and non-government would find this useful in their endeavour to promote fisheries and aquaculture. This book is based on recent ICAR syllabus and provides consolidated information on the subject to develop learner's interest and enrich their knowledge.