• Dr C Balakotaiah
• Dr K Swaroop Kumar

They undertake the care of the family when the men are away at sea and are compelled to work and earn to make ends meet. Nearly 27,000 fisherwomen in Andhra Pradesh are involved in fish marketing; around 2,500 work in prawn peeling units and 24,521 in curing and processing. Visakhapatnam district is one of the important maritime districts of Andhra Pradesh, the fishing households are busily engaged in all the sea shore­ based activities like sorting, weighing, salting, drying, marketing, etc. However, their economic activities go unnoticed. There is no scientific and extensive study on the economic activities of fishing households. Hence, a research is required inevitably to weed out the exploitation of the weaker section with total illiteracy living along the coastal line. It will throw light on their real contribution for economic development. This will also pave the way for providing proper compensation for their activities through suitable policy measures. The present research aims at studying the fisheries households conditions of Marine Fishing in Visakhapatnam District. In the present research, the investigator tries to study the fisheries households conditions of marine fishing in Visakhapatnam district. The study is confined to the socio¬economic status of fishing households. It is based on their role estimated using the data collected during 2022­2023.

marketing, fishing, education, age, occupation, fisher women, fish consumption

"Livelihood Status of Marine Fisheries in Visakhapatnam : An Extension Perspective", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no.n121-n129, April-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304F19.pdf

"Livelihood Status of Marine Fisheries in Visakhapatnam : An Extension Perspective", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no. ppn121-n129, April-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304F19.pdf