Fisheris
Colleges near Kanyakumari District
Fisheries
College and Research Institute,Thoothukudi
Fisheries Institute in Kanyakumari District
Fisheries Training and Research Centre, Parakkai,
Kanyakumari
The Fisheries Training and
Research Centre was established during April 2002 at Parakkai, Kanyakumari
district with the following objectives:
- To conduct training programmes in aquaculture,
ornamental fish culture and fish processing to the fisher folk and
entrepreneurs of Kanyakumari district.
- To undertake research programmes in aquaculture and
fish processing.
- To offer technical guidance to the fishery
entrepreneurs in aquaculture and fish processing enterprises.
- To take follow-up action on the training programmes
conducted.
India has 8,118
kilometers of marine coastline, 3,827 fishing villages, and 1,914 traditional
fish landing centers. India's fresh water resources consist of 195,210
kilometers of rivers and canals, 2.9 million hectares of minor and major
reservoirs, 2.4 million hectares of ponds and lakes, and about 0.8 million
hectares of flood plain wetlands and water bodies.
Kanyakumari district has a coast line covering a total distance of 68 kilometers. There are 45 coastal villages on the coast line. Fishing in Kanyakumari
District has been providing employment to many people. Fishing is a major
source of livelihood for coastal and inland communities in Kanyakumari district.
People living in coastal villages are mostly dependent on fishing to earn their
livelihoods. It is still one of the
major occupations for the people living along the coastal area. People get
involved with fishing as both full timers and part timers. Fish is the daily
food for the people in Kanyakumari district. Fishing in Kanyakumari villages
mainly depend upon ocean fishing and little bit of ponds, rivers, estuary. They catch fish from estuary or sea and sell in
the local market or to the exporters. The rich fish biodiversity of the state
offers good scope for fisheries development. Most of the fish caught in the
Indian villages are sea fish. The major marine fish caught in Indian villages
include mackerel, sardines, Bombay duck, shark, ray, perch, croaker, carangid,
sole, ribbonfish, whitebait, tuna, silver belly, prawn, cuttlefish, etc. Fish production in 2007–2008 in Tamil Nadu 559,360 metric tons.
Estuarine Ecosystems
There are three
important riverine ecosystems,which confluence with Arabian Sea in
Kanniyakumari
- Thengapattinam estuary, formed by the confluence of river Tampirabarani in between Thengapattinam and Eraiummanthurai.
- Valliyar estuary formed by the river Valloiyar near Kadiapattinam.
- Manakudy estuary formed by the confluence of river Pazhayar in between East and West Manakudy villages.
Apart from these are
two minor estuaries also: they are
- Pambar estuary near Colachel and
- Pantri estuary near Rajakkamangalam.
These are formed by the
drainage canal excess waste during monsoon and the water drained from the
irrigational fields mixing with sea.
Wadge bank is a fertile fishing found
where rich marine biological diversity occurs. Wadge bank may also be defined
as a place of marine environment. Where rich availability of fish food
organisms is available. Fishes select this region for feeding and breeding
purposes. Of these one is situated near Kanyakumari on the coastline of
Kanyakumari District on the eastward as well as on the westward region for
about 30 Km. Here representatives of fish species of the three seas are occurring. Traditional fishermen
used catamaran and eco-friendly nets, which capture fish of specific size.