Estimation of fishery sector as a Coastal Resource Zone to explore the associate problems and opportunity at Balasore Coastal District, Odisha, India

Coastal zone is full of different resource like marine fish, mangrove forest, sand, fuel wood, etc. A considerable part of national and state income is achieved from the fishing sector. So fishing is getting popular among the unemployed youths. The profit from the fishing sectors is higher than the agriculture that's why fishing, is now getting popular among all the coastal dwellers. For this consequence the export of fish has increased in the same time country is earning huge foreign currency. In order to optimally utilize and reap the benefits without hampering the balance, it is necessary to adopt integrated coastal management strategies based on solid scientific foundation that allow for multiple uses of the resources without causing serious damage to the environment. The present endeavor deals with the fishing sector and its problems and opportunity to ensure the sustainable coastal zone management through field observation as well as secondary data analysis and satellite image analysis.