5.
Fish is a very sensitive food item and it has to be kept fresh and therefore, it is
required to be transported to the market at the earliest for which availability of
the transport facility at the fish landing area will be useful.
6. Availability of clean water at landing centres is a basic requirement and it
should be endeavour of the government to provide it.
7. Lots of efforts are required to be made to convince the traditional fishermen
about the utility of the formal training.
8. There is a need to have proper drainage system at the landing centres where
the fish is sold.
9. The fishing activity has a great employment potential and currently labours are
being hired - dominantly hired labours are from Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.
10. There is frequent power failure which affects the stock of fish stored with the
ice which gets melted.
11. The availability of the central store for spares for the fishing boats will ensure
time saving and conducting the fishing activity without any interruption.
12. There is need to have all weather roads for smooth transport operations.
13. There should be training facility for the fishermen on the latest developments
in the fishery industry.
14. At the fish market there should be hygienic conditions of which cleanliness is
the prerequisite.
8. IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS
1. The elders should motivate their young generation to have training in fishing
which will equip them with the advanced techniques and innovative ideas.
2. It is suggested that the fishermen should develop banking habit and have
rapport with the local bankers to avail off various facilities for development.
3. The government of Maharashtra should take a lead in this regard and with the
help of the agriculture universities, develop syllabus for short duration courses
and start these programs in the costal districts of Maharashtra.
4. The government should ensure that the fishermen are not starved of adequate
availability of the diesel.
5. It is suggested that the government may take initiative in canvassing for the
use of mechanized boats which will increase the fishing business. It is true that
for buying a mechanized boat, heavy investment is required to be made.
6. That the government may take initiative and ensure that adequate clean water
is available for the fishermen at the landing space for washing the fish catch.
7. It is suggested that the local government authorities should ensure that proper
drainage system is in operation at the fish market yard.
8. The government should understand the huge potential of employment
generation of this activity and motivate the local unemployed youth for local
employment rather than depending upon the unemployed youth from outside.
9. The government should ensure that the local office be directed to include
construction of all-weather roads under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana.
10. It is suggested that the government representatives have a dialogue with the
banks operating in the area at the block level committee meetings under the
Lead Bank Scheme and have a better realistic scheme for financing the
fishermen.
11. The Government of India as well as the Government of Maharashtra may
consider a proposal for granting interest subsidy for the fishermen on the lines
of the interest subsidy given to the agriculturists for their crop loans.
12. The government may fix up targets to be achieved under each and every
scheme formulated by them for the fishermen.
13. It is suggested that instead of businessmen borrowing from the banks in their
own names for financing the fishermen, they should encourage for direct
financing to the fishermen by the banks under an undertaking from them that
they will provide the bank forward recovery linkage which will ensure bank’s
recovery.
9. TESTING OF HYPOTHESES
All the hypotheses have been tested using Binomial Proportion Test and those
have been fully tested positively.
10. SCOPE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
1. There is need to assess the performance of the cooperative society’s network
for the development of the fishery activity in their area of operation. This is
necessary because these societies are solely owned by the fishermen
themselves and their approach in solving the problems of the fishermen should
be more effective.
2. A critical study of the performance of these societies functioning that will
throw light on the deficiencies in their working as well as the research study
will give probable solutions for the same.
11. CONCLUSION
Keeping in view the potential offered by this fishery industry and its potential
for earning foreign exchange as well as employment opportunities, the government
need to initiate effective steps to expand the fishery sector on sound footing to unlock
the huge value in the Fishety
Chandrashekhar K. Hande
Research Student
Dr. Shikha Bhargava Dr. Shridhar S. Rajpathak
Supervisors
Pune.
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