Productivity, Profitability and Income Distribution in Capture Fishery-A Study of the Orissa Coast

Distribution in Capture Fishery A Study of the Orissa Coast Kamal Kumar Datta S S Dan Amal Kumar Datta In the literature on marine and inland fisheries very little attention has been focused on income generation by various craft-gear combinations, their productivity and the extent, nature and causes of fluctuations in their incomes. This Study of the Orissa coast explores the consequences of mechanisation on income distribution between mechanised and non-mechanised fishing units.