School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-682 016, India
*Email: liyasanju@yahoo.com
Online published on 6 December, 2013.
The Indian ornamental fish industry is divided into two-the domestic market and the export market. 90% of the freshwater ornamental fish exported from India are wild caught indigenous species. The study formed the criteria and indicators assessing the sustainability of wild caught ornamental fish exported from India. These indicators were then analyzed for their interactions, connections, linkages and relationships using cognitive mapping. The work is first of its kind in the ornamental fisheries.
India, ornamental fish, indigenous, sustainability indicators, cognitive mapping
