CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IV CHAPTER-1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 5 1.1 NEED OF THE STUDY 6 1.2 RESERCH QUASTION 9 1.3 AIM: 9 1.4 OBJECTIVE 9 1.5 SCOPE AND LIMITATION: 9 1.6 METHODOLOGY 9 1.7 SELECTION OF STUDY AREA 10 1.8 FOCUS OF THE STUDY 12 1.9 SCHEME OF CHAPTERIZATION: 14 CHAPTER-2 LITERATURE REVIEW 16 2.1 MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY 16 2.2 THE COAST LINE 17 2.3 THE INDIAN COASTLINE 17 2.3.1 FACT FILE 17 2.4 MARINE FISHING POPULATION: 21 2.5 FISHERIES PRODUCTION 21 2.6 FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT 22 CHAPTER-3 INTRODUCTION TO STUDY AREA 23 3.1 LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY 23 3.2 GEOMORPHOLOGY 24 3.3 LAND USE 25 3.3.1 LANDUSE CHANGE 26 3.4 DEMOGRAPHY 27 3.4.1 POPULATION SIZE 28 3.4.2 URBAN POPULATION AND URBANIZATION 30 3.4.3 DENSITY OF POPULATION 31 3.4.4 SEX RATIO 32 3.4.5 LITERACY RATE 33 3.4.6OCCUPATIONAL PATTERN 34 3.5 ECONOMOC PROFILE OF KACHCHH 35 CHAPTER-4 REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE 38 4.1 MUNDRA PORT 38 4.2 SEZ 39 4.3 GIDC ESTATES 41 4.4 THERMAL POWER PLANTS KACHCHH 44 CHAPTER-5 SECTOR IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS 46 5.1 INTRODUCTION 46 5.2 SELECTION OF STUDY VILLAGES 46 5.3 IMPACT ON FISHERIES VILLAGE. 49 5.4 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS: 54 5.4.1 FISH DRAYING 54 5.4.2 FISH MARKETING 54 5.5 GROUP DISCUSSIONS 54 5.6 PROFILE OF THE COASTAL COMMUNITY 55 5.6.1SOCIO DEMOGRAPHY: 56 5.6.2 FAMILY STRUCTURE: 56 5.6.3 CASTE STRUCTURE: 57 5.6.4 ECOMOMICS 58 5.6.5 BOAT OWNERSHIP 59 5.6.6 AVERAGE INCOME TO OCCUPATION OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD 60 CHAPTER-6 MAJOR FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION 61 6.2 RECOMMENDATIONS: 63 6.2.1 ISSUES & CHALLENGES 63 6.2.2 MAJOR FINDINGS: 63 6.2.3 CONCLUSION: 64 BIBLIOGRAPHY 65