Growth of fisheries sector in Jammu & Kashmir

Abstract

An attempt was made in this article to examine the growth of fisheries sector of the state employing time series data from 1980-81 to 2015-16, collected from published records of FAO Stat and Digest of Statistics, Go JK. The results revealed that fish production in the state has increased significantly over the years though their production has shown an undesirable decline in Kashmir Province. Although government has played an important role in the form of state and centrally sponsored schemes but as yet this sector has contributed less that 2 per cent to agricultural economy. The contribution of this sector to the state economy is meagre. Based upon findings, a few policy suggestions emerge out of this study.