write a brief essay 'world and Indian Oramental fish trade' ?
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Vol. No. 17 No. 12 ~ FISHING CHUtES Ornamental fish culture and trade: current status and. prospects Ornamental fishes are often called as 'living jewell;' due to their colour, shape, behaviour and origin. They are peaceful, generally tiny. available in attractive colours and capable ofliving in confmed spaces. In China aquaritUll fish keeping has been a hobby from ancienttirnes. When domestic electricity became available at tum of the centwy hobbyists began to keep in aquaria species other than gold fish which required heating and certain other special conditions. By about 1930 it became possible to keep saltwater fish in captivity although high costs and supply distances restricted their acquisition. Becauseofhlgh mortality and expenses, marine aquaria were not found commonly in private homes before the middle 1960's. Recently, several useful publications have appeared, facilitating a budding fish hobbyist to organise and maintain hislher marine aquarium tank on scientific lines (Ranta, 1996a,b,c; Straton, 1995 Wilkens. 1995; Lamberton, 1996; Mills 1987). Global trade in ornamental fishes During the last four decades, there has been considerable growth and diversification in the international trade in ornamental fishes which is valued at about US $ 5 billion. The major players in this market include USA, Europe, Japan, Australia. Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka. In recent years much interest has been shown by the home hobbyists and public aquaria to keep marine ornamentals. lnerebytheproportion of marine fish in the total global trade has jwnped from less than 15% to about 40%. The market for ornamental fishes consists of 99% home-hobbyists and 1% public aquaria and research institutes. The market is mostly located in areas with high density population, ind ustrial areas and cool P. Jayasankar Scientist (Senior Scale) eM.F.R.I., P.B. No. 1603, Tatapuram, Kochi -682014 climate (Bassleer, 1994). The industrial chain which determines the price is explained as , fishennanlbreeder -4 exporter ~ airline-4 importer/wholesale r~ retailer --> hobbyist. The importer/wholesaler plays a very important role as the link between producer and consumer. Only perfect, good and healthy fish have good market value. The extra cost of quality control in a fish house (at both export and import level) with good seawater management and trained staff thus adds to the value of the fish. Accordingto statistics, 50% of the suppliers are located in Asian countries. Singapore. Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan and Malaysia are the major suppliers of freshwater fish. while Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka are the major suppliers of wild-caught marine fish. Philippines is knOWll for the direct export of marine exotic \'arieties. Singapore exports relatively few salt water fish. originating from its own resources but depends mainly on re-export of Indonesia-caught fish and invertebrates, while Sri Lanka exports her OWll reef fishes and fishes coming from Maldives. Those fishes originating from the Maldives are either usually available in lesser numbers in Sri Lankan waters or are only seasonal. The largest import markets for tropical fish are USA. EEC and Japan. Approximately 14 percent of British homes and 8 percent ofuSA homes keep ornamental . fish. According to Andrews (1992) 150 million ornamental fish are sold on a world-wide basis each year. CWTent opinions suggest· that about 90% of the freshwater ornamentals traded are captive-bred, while 99% of the marineomameotals exported are wild-caught. Indian Scenario India. despite its vast expanse of sea
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- India has great potentials in ornamental fish production due to presence of rich biodiversity of species , favourable climatic conditions and avalibility of cheap labour. kerela , tamil nadu and west bengal mainly pratice ornamental fish farming in india.
Benefits of ornamental fish rearing as a hobby are:-
1. It gives pleasure to youmg and old people..
2. It enables relaxation of the mind ans thereby contributes to a healthy living..
3. It creates a self - employment oppurtunity..
- In this about 200 species are bred in india . 90% of india exports go from kolkata followed by 8% from mumbai and 2% from chennai..
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