DATABASE
DATABASE

With the data generated in surveys over the decades, the FSI has built up a strong database on fishery resources in the Indian EEZ. The current data holding in electronic format consists of Catch Data of 100459 records and Species Data of 414013 records  as on 31/12/2019. About 2000 records are being added annually to the data storage consisting Catch Data and Species Data. 

FISHING VESSELS SURVEY DETAILS TILL 31-12-2019

(Data projected here was purely FSI survey data collected by FSI Scientist participants during the Survey Programmes of the respective Vessels and the area covered was based on the Stratified Random Sampling Method)

BOTTOM TRAWLING
Vessel Name

     No. of Hauls

Catch (Kgs.)

Effort (Hrs.)
Matsya Nireekshani 14523 3832939 25412.02
Matsya Shikari 8583 2472235 14882.15
Matsya Varshini 7088 1755337 10969.37
Matsya Darshini 4554 1090248 7612.44
Matsya Jeevan 7456 1158178 12846.51
Matsya Shakti 6277 1147649 11444.22
Matsya Vishwa 8753 1563370 15189.42
Samudrika 7385 424206 10974.28
Sagarika 5719 276867 8490.14
Lavanika 4780 223031 7322.46
Matsya Mohini 7174 1744575 11864.31

MID-WATER TRAWLING
Vessel Name No. of Hauls Catch (Kgs.) Effort (Hrs.)
Matsya Shikari 28 3129 40.55
Matsya Varshini 152 6402 265.21
Matsya Darshini 3211 218497 3494.30
Matsya Shakti 83 12507 274.53
Sagarika 127 756 134.55

TUNA LONG LINING
Vessel Name No. of Hauls Catch (Kgs.) Catch Number (Nos.) Hooks (Nos) Hooking Rate
Matsya Harini 1692 213580 10012 634497 1.58
Matsya Sugundhi 2957 496855 58639 576476 10.17
Matsya Vrushti  1225 84649 5134 676378 0.76
Matsya Drushti 1884 91503 5487 1120600 0.49
Blue Marlin 3724 654913 25986 2002715 1.30
Yellow Fin 2429 219127 10158 1234535 0.82

SHARK LONG LINING
Matsya Harini 166 11446 523 57596 0.90

BOTTOM SET PERCH LONG LINING
Vessel Name No. of Hauls Catch (Kgs.) Catch Number (Nos.) Hooks (Nos') Hooking Rate
Matsya Harini 456 1123 853 143994 0.59
Blue Marlin 817 11407 4547 260427 1.74

TRAP FISHING
Vessel Name No. of Hauls Catch (Kgs.)
Matsya Varshini 39 485
Matsya Vishwa 31 22
Matsya Sugundhi 679 3258

PURSE SEINING
Vessel Name No. of Hauls Catch (Kgs.)
Matsya Varshini 213 180366
Matsya Darshini 127 38007
Matsya Harini 59 10075

SQUID JIGGING
Vessel Name No. of Hauls Catch (Kgs.)

Matsya Sugundhi

 814 94687

HAND LINING
Vessel Name No. of Hauls Catch (Kgs.)
Matsya Varshini 80 4082

Matsya Sugundhi

 539 820

DATA PRODUCTS

The data collected are processed and published in the form of  Resource Information Series, Bulletins, Reports, Charts, Atlases, Occasional papers etc. from time to time.  These data products cater to the needs of a wide spectrum of end users. For details go to Publications.

EXTENSION AND USER INTERACTION

Besides dissemination of survey findings in the form of publications, FSI organizes workshops, open houses and exhibitions in different maritime states for the benefit of fishermen, fishing boat operators and those engaged in fishing and allied activities. At the national level, symposia and workshops are organized as a platform for interaction with the industry, development agencies, R&D institutions, scientists, administrators and policy makers.

This page was updated at 4:00 PM  on 10.11.2020