Question

Answer the following question in detail:

What are the similarities and differences in the fishing activities in Brazil and India?

Answer 1

i) Brazil has a sea coast of around 7,400 km and excellent fishing grounds off the South Atlantic coast.
ii) The meeting of the warm Brazil current and the cold Falkland current off the coast of south-east Brazil makes it a good fishing ground.
iii) Traditionally, fishing has been carried on by small groups of individual fishermen using primitive techniques and equipment.
iv) But now, large vessels are being used. Swordfish, shrimp, lobsters, sardines are mainly caught. v) The fish resources of the Amazon River are not exploited much and fishing only take place at a small scale.
vi) Fishing in India : Fishing play an important role in the economy of India. India is one of the largest producers of fish, both marine and inland. Fisheries help in augmenting food supply, generating employment, raising nutritional level and earning foreign exchange.
viii) India has about 7500 kms of coastline. Marine fishing accounting for about 40 per cent of the total annual production of fish and being confined to coastal waters in the west from Kachchh, Malabar coast to Coromandal coast in the east Major fishes are sardines, mackerel, Bombay duck,and prawns. On the eastern coast, the important fish are horse mackerels, clupeids and silver bellies.
ix) Freshwater fishing is carried on in rivers, canals, irrigation channels, tanks, ponds, lakes, etc. Silver bellies carp (chopda) etc. are major freshwater varieities. About 60 per cent of the country’s total fish production comes from inland fisheries.