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Skill Development and Training Requirements of the Aquaculture Sector in Andhra Pradesh, India: - A Need For Sustainable Economic Growth

Aquaculture is one of the world’s fastest growing industries, with an average growth rate of over 8% per year for the past ten years. India is the second-largest player in the global fisheries sector; producing around 90.4 lakh MT of fishery- based resources annually Ayyappan [1]. With an overall annual growth rate of about 4% during the 11th Five Year Plan period, the sector contributed about 1% to the National Gross Domestic Production (GDP) and 5.58% to the agricultural GDP (201314) and also employs nearly 14 million people. The Indian aquaculture industry will face many challenges over the next few years to be economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. The industry will require highly educated, trained and experienced staff to address successfully these key issues and to meet further anticipated future growth. Andhra Pradesh ranks first in coastal aquaculture and fresh water aquaculture and ranks second in fresh water fish production and overall value of fish/prawn production in India. Andhra Pradesh contributes nearly 40 per cent of the total marine exports of the country. Inland resources comprise 102 reservoirs of which 7 are large, 26 are medium and 69 are small reservoirs. There are two lakes - Kolleru Lake, a freshwater lake and Pulicat lake - a brackish water lake. 74,000 perennial, seasonal and long seasonal tanks, fishponds and freshwater prawn ponds for aquaculture are also present in Andhra Pradesh. Brackish water resources comprise 0.78 lakh hectares for shrimp culture, a coastline of 974 kms and 508 fishing villages.

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