• B.Krishnaveni
• Dr. C.A. Sham Shankar

The Fisheries sector occupies a prominent place the economic development of the nation. At the macro level it contributes to a considerable increase in national income due to a higher of marine exports. The marine sector, though unorganized, the women folks have major role to play. Women play critical roles in fisheries, particularly in the pre- and post-harvest sectors. Active marine fishing is taken up by men. However, a small share of women take part in activities like, near shore fishing, seaweed harvesting and the collection of clams, mussels and bivalves. According to the Marine Fisheries Census, 2005, approximately 48 per cent of women from fishery households are engaged in the shore based activities like, net making, fish handling (sorting, grading, weighing, gutting and icing), fish processing fish trading etc. Among these subsidiary activities, fish selling is one of the major activities that bring, on the average, higher revenue. Based on the above setting a study has been made to analyse the socio economic conditions of women fish vendors in Kanyakumari district to carried out. 300 fishermen families were selected from the coastal areas of Kanyakumari town which has a total fisherman household of 1920. Appropriate statistical tools were used to analyze the data collected with the help of a well structured interview schedule.

Marine Sector, Fish Vending, Fish Catch, Marketing

"SOCIO - ECONOMIC CONDTIONS OF WOMEN FISH VENDORS IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT : AN ANALYSIS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.1185-1193, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002382.pdf

"SOCIO - ECONOMIC CONDTIONS OF WOMEN FISH VENDORS IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT : AN ANALYSIS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp1185-1193, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002382.pdf