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During 19th century, the fisheries was the only source of sustenance for a segment of the population living in the coastal region, and on the banks of rivers, lakes and canals in India.

Fishing in general was a hereditary profession carried on from generation to generation with almost all the members of the family taking part in it to varying degree. The socio-economic condition of fishermen was very poor. The fishermen belonged to the lowest stratum of society and fishing was generally regarded as one of the meanest of all trades and profession.

The earlier contributions to fisheries in India were the study of the Indian fish fauna by James Russel (1785-89), Dr. Buchanan Hamiltons catalogue of the fishes of the Ganges published in 1822, Co.Alcocks findings of marine fisheries in India published in 1869, starting of the Indian Marine Survey Station in 1875 and the launching of the survey ship Investigator.