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

Yanam

3,583

476

8

76

16

736

78

33

5,006

Puducherry

5,481

2,625

3

68

18

471

232

821

9,719

Karaikal

2,594

724

378

33

7

11

39

387

4,173

Mahe

551

7

1

2

0

1

0

30

592

Total

12,209

3,832

390

179

41

1,219

349

1,271

19,490

 

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