District

Active fishermen

No. of members involved in fishing allied activities

Other than fishing

Total

Occupied

Marketing of fish

Making/ Repairing

Net

Curing/

Processing

Peeling

Labourer

Others

Balasore

72,656

5,245

7,503

3,426

724

6,429

411

4,521

100,915

Bhadrak

16,533

3,011

698

347

45

815

5

879

22,333

Kendrapara

18,706

5,905

2,270

1,425

254

10,030

61

311

38,962

Jagatsinghpur

29,684

10,698

4,213

2,384

713

1,956

150

1,401

51,199

Puri

16,433

3,794

2,002

475

344

4,008

82

925

28,063

Ganjam

8,399

3,984

1,186

435

120

4,469

44

101

18,738

Total

162,411

32,637

17,872

8,492

2,200

27,707

753

8,138

260,210

 

Source: http://www.cmfri.org.in/marine-fisheries-census.html