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FISHERIES
Joint Director (Fisheries)
Fisheries Department
Velipalayam
Public Office Road
Phone 4365-247721
Email jd-fish.tnngp@nic.in
 Fisheries,
The Economic backbone of this coastal District. Having a long coastal area, This District plays a major role in marine commodities.
The marine ecosystem provides mankind with food, medicines, industrial products and pleasure.
This ecosystem has to be maintained in a healthy state, if it is to provide people the benefits in a
sustained manner. Natural, healthy ecosystems have evolved over millions of years, resulting in
complex interactions of the environment and all the species living in them. Such interactions
allow the optimal utilization of the ecosystem resources by a maximum number of species that
includes the human beings. The waters along the Bay of Bengal coast of India are biologically
very productive and possess several unique environmental features. However, little is known on
the marine biodiversity resources along the Bay of Bengal coast near Sirkali Taluk,
Nagapattinam District (Tamilnadu State). Numerous industries, chemical factories and
aquaculture farms are also developing along this coast, which already threatens the mangrove
forests and marine life along the coast in Sirkali Taluk. It is essential to scientifically understand
the interactions between biodiversity and the environment in these waters, in order to conserve
and protect the ecosystems for future generations.
The Bay of Bengal coast where the proposed project site (Sirkali Taluk, Nagapattinam District),
is located in Tamilnadu State, lies in the monsoon belt and receives high rainfall. In near-shore
areas, the mixing of nutrient rich bottom waters and warm surface waters creates conditions
similar to up-welling and the number and intensity of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal are likely to
increase due to global warming. The input of freshwater and silt impacts the salinity of the
coastal and estuarine waters as well as coastal circulation patterns.  Some coastal areas serving as
nursery grounds for commercially valuable species of prawns are polluted. The areas of critical
biological diversity are the mangrove rich habitat along the coast of Nagapattinam District.
Catamaran is a light watercraft and is named from the Tamil language words kaTTu 'tie' and
maram 'wood, tree': simply two trees tied together. The catamaran was the invention of the
paravas, an aristocratic fishing community in the southern coast of Tamilnadu State, south India.
Building a catamaran is a community affair in small fishing villages and it’s a decentralized
labor-absorbing activity. This also helps distressed people be occupied in creative ways.
The traditional coastal-fishing is considered a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
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