Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture

Unit 6- Crustaceans

6.4.2. Production trend
Bulk of the landings comes from the northwest, southwest and the southeast coasts. The northwest coast comprising Gujarat and Maharastra contributed to 69% of total landings during 1996-2000. Gujarat contributed 43.7%, Maharashtra 25.4%, Tamil Nadu 14.6% and Kerala 13%. Though they form only 0.12 ± 0.05% of total marine landings, they are an important export commodity comprising 1.07 ± 0.44% in quantity and 2.59 ± 1.15% in value.
Statewise landings of lobsters (in tonnes)

(Source: CMFRI, Annual Reports)
The main lobster landing centres in India are Veraval, Bombay, Kozhikode, Kolachal, Mandapam, Tuticorin and Chennai.
Recent production