Blue Revolution

Blue Revolution The term 'blue revolution' is used to describe the adoption of a package of methods by which fish production has been increased substantially in India since independence. The term was coined after the success of the Green Revolution which signified enormous increase in grain output.

After independence, the fisheries industry, particularly the marine sector, has witnessed a massive transformation from the traditional and subsistence type enterprise to a market-driven multi-crore industry equipped with essential infrastructures. During the past five decades the marine fisheries production has increased manifold through succes­sive stages, mainly due to the adoption of synthetic fibres in lieu of natural fibres in gear fabrication, introduction of mechanical trawlers in the 1950s, adoption of techniques like mass harvesting gear, the purse seine in the fishing grounds of south-west coastal region in the 1980s, mechanisation of country-made crafts and the subsequent app1ication of innovative gears on a wide scale.
There has been a substantial increase in the total fish production in India.

The fisheries sector has been one of the major con­tributors of foreign exchange earnings through export. Export of fish and fishery products has grown manifold over the years.