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Fishing for success: Fisheries Sector Emerged As An Industry, With Rapid Commercial Growth
By ugeshji, Section Jobs And Careers  Fisheries sector has emerged as an industry, with rapid commercial growth, in the past two decades. It holds great potential in improving food security, generating employment, raising the socio-economic status and nutritional levels of people, besides earning foreign exchange for the country.Today, India is the third largest producer of fish in the world with an annual production of 6.90 mt and ranks second in inland production (3.70 mt). The contribution of aquaculture sector to inland fish production is about 80 per cent with annual growth rate of over 8 per cent. India accounts for 2.4 per cent share in global fish market with annual export earnings of over Rs 8,000 crore. The fisheries sector is contributing 1.4 per cent to national GDP in general and 4.6 per cent to agricultural GDP in particular. Rich aquatic resources of the country already provide livelihood to about 14.5 million persons in this sector, directly or indirectly. Although fish production has increased at a higher rate as compared to foodgrain, milk and egg production but consumption of fish (with 56 per cent fish-eating population) in India still remains below 10 kg per capita per annum, which is much lower than countries like China (25.8 kg) and the rest of Asia (14.3 kg). The domestic requirement of fish in the country is estimated to be 12 mt by 2020 as against the present production of 6.90 mt. Out of the total area available for aquaculture, only 30 per cent of freshwater and 10 per cent of brackish water area is being utilised at present. Hence, there is still tremendous scope for utilising these resources to achieve the target and generate more employment opportunities in the fisheries sector in the coming years.
Growth in Punjab Source: The Tribune Fishing for success: Fisheries Sector Emerged As An Industry, With Rapid Commercial Growth
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Professionally qualified human resource is very important for the proper growth and development of any sector. Similarly, for the proper development of aquaculture, there is need for scientists, development officers, planners, administrators, supervisors, technicians and entrepreneurs. In countries like USA, the jobs of Marine-Fisheries Interviewer, Environmental Project Manager, Information Technology Specialist and Eco-toxicologist or Aquatic Ecologist are available for fisheries graduates and postgraduates.
Eligibility For pursuing the M.F.Sc course one has to have a B.Sc degree in fisheries or a B.Sc in Zoology. Admission to this course is usually through an all-India agriculture postgraduate combined entrance test conducted by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research. A few institutes also offer postgraduate diploma programmes in inland fisheries administration and management. Requirements for this course are a B.Sc degree in Zoology or B.F.Sc along with two years of experience. A three-year Ph.D programme is also being conducted by several institutes, the minimum requirement for which is 60 per cent marks in the master's degree in the subject concerned. In India 17 Colleges of Fisheries and one deemed University of Fisheries offer UG and PG degree programmes to produce properly qualified and trained manpower for the development of the fisheries sector as well as to address the need-based research and transfer of technology programmes of universities and state fisheries departments.
The Road Ahead The fisheries sector is therefore, going to open new avenues for employment. Preliminary surveys indicate that there is an immediate requirement of fisheries graduates and post graduates for administrative, teaching, research, extension and management fields in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. There is also urgent need of baseline workers with background of fisheries for effective management of fish farms and hatcheries. Further there is also good demand of fisheries professionals in USA, Canada and Asian, European, African and Gulf countries.
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