Agricultural Marketing in India Report on the Marketing of Fish in India

(7) Demand and utilization of minor shell fish. 40 (8) Demand for by-products. 47 (a) Prawn manure. 47 (b) Shell for lime burning. 47 (c) Pit manure. 47 C.--Seasonal variations in demand. 47 (a) Sea-fish. 47 (b) Freshwater fish. 47 (c) Cured fish. 47 Chapter VI.—Wholesale prices. [...] The supply could be increased by undertaking development measures in accordance with up-to-date methods of fish farming but the subject is complicated owing to the habits of the fish the customs of the country and in regard to latter also by the nature of the rivers and the irrigational use made of them. [...] The factors which have influenced their design are the physical characteristics of the coast-line or the nature of the (inland) water the types of fish available and the habits of such fish the proximity of any harbour of refuge to which the fishing boat may run for shelter in a storm and lastly the nature of the demand for fish. [...] The majority of the better fish come near the shore in large shoals especially in the North and South Canaras and in the Malabar district. [...] on the east coast the harbours are chiefly those formed by the estuaries of the larger rivers a large proportion of which become useless during the fine-weather fishing season (here the soutwest monsoon period) ow'ng to the closure of the bars.