fishing & fishing capacity in pakistan

2. Presentation on
Fishing & fishing capacity in PAKISTAN.
M.Sc 1st Semester
Presented by: Sayed Tabarak Shah
Class No # 15
Department :
Environmental & Conservation Sciences
University of Swat

3. Contents
 Introduction
 Classification
 Fishing & Fishing Capacity in Pakistan
 Marine fishing
 Marine fishing in coastal area of Sindh
 Marine fishing in coastal area of Baluchistan
 Fresh water fishing
 Hatcheries

4. What is Fish?
 Fish can be defined as cold-blooded
vertebrate adapted for living in water. It
respires by means of gills and has paired
appendages, if any, in the form of fins.
OR
 A limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal
with gills and fins living wholly in water.

5. Classification of fishes:
 Fish are classified into three major groups.
a) Agnatha
b) Chondrichtyes
c) Osteichihtyes

6. Agnatha
 They include 108 species, these are the
primitive fish without jaws.
 They are about 7 to10 species in Pakistan.

7. Chondrichythyes
 These are cartilaginous fishes which
includes 980 species.
 There are 10-50 of Sharks, rays & skates
species in Pakistan.
 Examples;
Sharks, Rays & skates.

8. Osterictyes
 These are the modern bony fishes which
includes 26,898.
 The all are about 120 in Pakistan.
 Examples;
Salmo trutta, Onchorynious my kiss &
Schyzothoryx fishes etc.

9. Cont…
 Osteichythyes are divided into three sub
classes.
 Crossopteryzei
 Dipnoi
 Actinopteryzei

10. Actinopterigii
 Actinopterigii has been divided into three
infra classes.
 Chondrostei
 Holostei
 Teleiostei

11. Teleoistei
 Most of the bony fish belong to this class,
they includes 26,585 species. They are the
modern boney fish which have 40 orders.
 Examples;
Trout, Hearing & cat fish etc

12. Cont…
 In Pakistan 1099 species are present which
belongs to class Actinoptergii, Sub class
Teleostei.
 Have six super order. 13 order, 30 families,
86 genera, 8 Exotic, 78 Indigenous,
Endemic of Kashmir 8 species are cold
water of Himalayas and Hindukush and
Karakorum, total 45 in KPK, 26 are
indigenous and 8 are exotic in KPK.

13. Fishing,
Fishing capacity in Pakistan
 Catching of fish is one of the oldest
occupation of the people of Pakistan.
 Next to forestry, fishing constitutes the
smallest sector of the Pakistani economy.
 Fishing is only a minor sector of Pakistani
economy, constituting 0.3 percent of the
GNP.

14. Cont…
 Fishing is the traditional means of
livelihood for about 400,000 Pakistanis.
 At percent about ninety thousand of
Pakistani are engaged in fishing profession.
 The nominal fish catch comprises the
commercial, industrial and subsistence
catches.

15. Cont…
 Fishing in Pakistan is done at least ten
months of the year
 The total nominal fish catch has increased
since 1947 from 40,000 metric tons to
590,000 metric tons in 2000.
 The total fish catch in thousand metric tons
since 1947 is given below;

16. Cont…
Total fish catch in
thousand metric tons
Year
40,000 1947
80,657 1960
615,904 1998
590,000 2000
627,000 2003-04
581,000 2004-05
630,000 2005-06
668,000 2010-12

17. Cont…
 The per capita use of fish in Pakistan is less
than other countries such as Japan, UK, USA
and Bangladesh.
 Pakistan exports a reasonable quantity of
shrimp and fish and earns a substantial amount
of foreign exchange.
 About 3 per cent in 1985 having fallen from 2
per cent in 1998.

18. Cont…
 About 1.2 per cent of the total exports in
2003.
 Thus during July-March 2005-06, 630,000
metric tons of fishery products were
exported to more than 40 countries such as
Japan, USA, UK, Germany and Middle East
etc.

19. Cont…
 The main export market for Pakistani fish
and shrimp is japan.
 In the interior area of Pakistan the use of
fish is in very small quantity.
 In Pakistan the fish consumption is more in
Baluchistan & Sindh than Punjab and KPK.

20. Cont…
 In Pakistan fish are not caught only on costal
areas but some are also done in Inland areas.
 There are two main sources of fish in Pakistan.
 Marine fishes (Outland fishes).
 Fresh water fishes (Inland fishes).

21. Marine fishing:
 The share of marine fisheries is 75 per cent
of the total fish catch.
 The marine fishing is done in coastal areas
of Sindh and Baluchistan which has a coast
line of 600 miles long.
 During the breeding seasons all fishing is
strictly prohibited.

22. Marine fishing in coastal area of Sindh:
 Sindh has a coast line of about 150 mile long.
 The Sindh coast account for 70% of the total
marine catch although it constitutes only 33%
of Pakistan's cost.
 The Sindh coast has the advantage of a wider
continental shelf(130 km).
 Mostly fishermen live on coastal area of Sindh.

23. Marine fishing in coastal area of
Baluchistan:
 This coast is about 350 miles long.
 This coast is mainly consist of sand dunes due
to which it is less suitable to fishing.
 The chief varieties of fish caught over here
are Mackerel, Sardines, Shark and herrings.
 It constitutes 67% of the country’s coast but
produces only 30% of the marine catch

24. Fresh water fishing:
 Inland fisheries produce about 26% of the
Pakistani’s total fish catch.
 Sources are rivers, dams, ponds, canals and
lakes.
 The province of Sindh accounts for more
than 60%, Punjab 39%, KPK 1% and
Baluchistan virtually no inland fishing.

25. Cont…
 Manchar lake is the largest single source of
supply for fresh water fish.
 In Mangla, Tarbela and Warsak fish are also
caught in large quantity.
 KPK and Northern Areas are not important
areas for fishing.

28. Hatcheries & Aquaculture:
 In Sindh there are two hatcheries at Chilya
and Sukkur and several nurseries one is at
Mando Dero near Sukkur, the other at Husri
near Hydrabad etc.
 KPK has two trout hatcheries & one carp
hatchery.
 Punjab had six hatcheries & 22 nurseries in
(1995-86).

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