(Karnataka Veterinary Animal And Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, 2014) AATHREYA. H. J., B.F.Sc
Marine ecosystem is one of the most valuable and highly used natural resource systems (Staudinger et al., 2012) that provides essential services which include shoreline protection, water filtration, nursery grounds, food from fisheries and aquaculture and revenue from tourism (Ruckelshaus et al., 2013). Besides providing livelihood support to a large number of coastal inhabitants and employment, seafood contributes about 15% of the animal protein intake for the worldâ s population (Cooley et al., 2012).
