{"id":237158,"date":"2023-04-10T20:52:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=237158"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T07:38:53","slug":"building-a-blue-economy-what-india-can-learn-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/building-a-blue-economy-what-india-can-learn-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a blue economy: What India can learn from China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cBuilding a blue economy: What India can learn from China\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d<\/strong> on 10th April 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 3 \u2013 Agriculture and allied activities<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– Issue related to blue economy<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– The article explains the potential of fishing sector for blue economy<\/p>\n

What are the reasons for the dispute on fishing rights between India and Sri Lanka?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Indo-Sri Lankan maritime boundary agreements<\/strong> were signed in 1974 and 1976. It allowed fishermen of both nations to enjoy the rights traditionally enjoyed in each other\u2019s waters.<\/p>\n

Maritime boundaries lack physical demarcation<\/strong>. So, the lull in fishing activity<\/strong> during the civil war in Sri Lanka, encouraged Indian fishermen to encroach into Sri Lankan waters.<\/p>\n

With the end of hostilities in 2009, the Sri Lankan fishing community reclaimed their rights.<\/strong> It brings them into conflict with Indian fishers.<\/p>\n

What is the importance of the fishing sector?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The fishing fleet is an important component of the sea power of the state<\/strong>. The role of this fleet has grown sharply. In the two world wars, fishing vessels were widely used as part of the navy for combat tasks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

China\u00a0 has mobilised the fishing industry to meet the rising demand for protein<\/strong>. China is today a fishery superpower. It owns the world\u2019s largest deep-water fishing (DWF) fleet<\/strong>. China had begun distant deepwater fishing, as far back as in 1985.<\/p>\n

China also uses a part of its fishing fleet as a \u201cmaritime militia<\/strong>\u201d, which assists the navy and coast guard in their tasks.<\/p>\n

What are some facts about the fishing sector in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In India, fish is an affordable and rich source of animal protein<\/strong>. It is one of the healthiest options to mitigate hunger and malnutrition. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Since Independence, India\u2019s marine fishery has been dominated by the poor, small-scale fisheries<\/strong>. They deliver only 2% of marine fish<\/strong> to the market, while 98% is caught by mechanised and motorised craft.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s fisheries are being transformed into a commercial enterprise.<\/strong> The sector has shown steady growth and has become a major contributor of foreign exchange. <\/strong><\/p>\n

India ranks amongst the world\u2019s leading seafood exporting nations. Fisheries provide livelihood to about 15 million fishers and fish-farmers at the primary level. It generates jobs, along the value-chain in transportation, cold-storages, and marketing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What are the issues with the fishing sector in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India has not invested much in a deepwater fleet.<\/strong> Most of the fishing is being undertaken in coastal waters. India fishermen have to compete with neighbours<\/strong>, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, in restricted fishing grounds.<\/p>\n

Fishing vessels often drift into foreign waters. It\u00a0 leads to apprehension<\/strong> by navies\/coast guards and prolonged imprisonment<\/strong> of the crew.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the rich resources in India\u2019s EEZ remain underexploited. Much of fishing is done by the better equipped fishing fleets of other Indo-Pacific countries. Some of them indulge in illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing<\/strong>. IUU also has serious security and environmental implications.<\/p>\n

Most of India\u2019s fisheries exports are at a low level of value addition<\/strong>. There is less focus on \u201cready-to-eat\u201d or \u201cready-to-cook\u201d marine products.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward for the fishing sector in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India needs to evolve a long-term vision for its fishing industry<\/strong> with focus on four areas:<\/p>\n

Mechanisation and modernisation <\/strong>of fishing vessels by providing communication links and electronic fish-detection devices.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Developing deep-water fishing fleets,<\/strong> with bigger, sea-going trawlers equipped with refrigeration facilities.<\/p>\n

A DWF fleet will have to be built around the \u201cmothership\u201d concept.<\/strong> Large vessel would accompany the fleet to provide fuel, medical and on-board processing facilities.<\/p>\n

Development of modern fishing harbours <\/strong>with adequate berthing and post-harvest facilities, <\/strong>including cold storage, preservation, and packaging of fish.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- The post is based on the article \u201cBuilding a blue economy: What India can learn from China\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 10th April 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Agriculture and allied activities Relevance– Issue related to blue economy News– The article explains the potential of fishing sector for blue economy What are… Continue reading Building a blue economy: What India can learn from China<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[3290,216,10500],"class_list":["post-237158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-blue-economy","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}