This study of the systems framework of the marine foods industry in India offers an intensive analysis of the marine fishery system in India : Its present status and future potential, its subsystems, resources and technological parameters, and the possible methods for the resolution of conflicts among the diverse interest groups involved. Part One defines the concept of ‘system'' and the lie fishery system in India, while Part Two contains 18 invited papers by eminent experts and researchers in different fields of the marine fishing industry. The aim throughout is to combine the wide perspective of an overview with the insights of a more detailed study and present the resulting work in an encapsulated form that renders its analyses and suggestions easily accessible. In this respect it complements the available literature in the field of inland and marine fish marketing. Rese 3 policy-makers, fishery scientists and those actively involved in the development of the fishery industry should find it a valuable reference work.
