Summary Statistics (2022)
Annual Fish Production (Mt)
Marine Sector |
280,610 |
Inland and Aquaculture Sector |
116,620 |
Total Fish Production (Mt) |
397,230 |
Fishing Fleet (Operating Boats) (Numbers)
Multi-day Boats (Offshore Vessels) (IMUL) |
5,088 |
Inboard Single Day Boats (IDAY) |
831 |
Outboard Motor FRP Boats (OFRP) |
24,530 |
Motorized Traditional Boats (MTRB) |
2,374 |
Non-motorized Traditional Boats (NTRB) |
14,877 |
Non-motorized Traditional Beach-seine Boats (NBSB) |
980 |
Total Number of Marine Fishing Fleet |
48,680 |
Total Number of Inland Fishing Fleet |
9,879 |
Infrastructure Facilities (Marine sector) (Numbers)
Major Fishery Harbours |
25 |
Functioning Major Fishery Harbours |
24 |
Anchorages |
18 |
Minor Fish Landing Centres |
931 |
Active Ice Plants |
106 |
Ice Production Capacity |
4,973 |
Boat Manufacturing Yards (Registered) |
67 |
Fishing Gear Factories | 15 |
Exports & Imports
Annual Export Earnings (Rs. Mn) |
97,243 |
Annual Export Earnings (US$ Million) |
302 |
Annual Export Volume (Mt) |
25,730 |
Annual Import Expenditure (Rs. Mn) |
21,664 |
Annual Import Expenditure (US$ Million) |
70 |
Annual Import Volume (Mt) |
41,737 |
Balance of Fish Trade (Rs. Mn) |
75,579 |
Balance of Fish Trade (US$ Million); | 232 |
Canned Fish
Domestically produced volume (Mt) |
5,828 |
Domestically produced volume (Millions of cans) |
13.9 |
No of local canned fish manufacturing companies (Numbers) |
12 |
Social Information (Numbers)
Fisheries Inspector Divisions (Marine)
148
Marine Fishing Households
186,500
Inland Fishing Households
83,690
Marine Fishers (Men & women)
223,490
Inland Fishers (Men & women)
92,060
Marine Fishing Household Population
804,340
Inland Fishing Household Population