Fisheries Administration and Legislation (2+0)

Unit 3 - Fisheries development over five year plans

3.1. Sectoral Growth
The most important economic criteria used for assessing the economic importance of various sectors is their contribution to GDP of the country and generation of employment in the country (FAO 1999). Fishing is considered under the agriculture. The contribution of primary sector, secondary sector and tertiary sector to the state Gross Domestic product (at constant 1999-2000 price) and employment generation between 1999-2000 and 2008-09 are presented in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1 Sectoral income and employment of the state

Sector	Income				Employment
	1999-2000		2008-09		1990-2000	2008-09
	Rs.(in crores)	Per cent	Rs.(in crores)	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent
Primary	3171469	31.32	3024000	16.67	67	58
Secondary	2366515	23.37	5243419	28.92	13	16
Tertiary	4587760	45.31	9866400	54.41	20	25
Total	10124744	100	18133819	100	100	100

Source: 1.National Accounts Division. (2009). State domestic products aggregate 1990-2000 series Retrieved June 10, 2010, http://mospi.nic.in/national_account_main.htm

Table 1 shows that share of primary sector to state domestic product has decreased substantially (around 50 per cent), and that of secondary sector increased marginally and share of service sector grew significantly. But the share of employment was not in tune with the share in GDP. The primary sector provided employment to 67 per cent in 2000 and decreased to 58 per cent in 2009 which indicates the decline in the real income of the people employed in the primary sector. This trend is in line with national trend and explains the vulnerable status of households in the primary sector. While the share of service sector increased by 10 per cent, the employment increased by only 5 per cent indicating that, the rate of growth of income in service sector was much higher than employment.