Productivity and growth in fish processing sector: The Kerala scenario

Kerala economy is mainly supported by remittances from abroad and traditional industries. Among the traditional industries fisheries sector play a multifaceted role as an income provider both from domestic and export market, nutritious supporter to densely populated state, provider of high employment and as protectors of marine environment. Because of its importance, it becomes one’s social responsibility to support the growth of industry by providing timely instructions and adopting prompt policy changes applicable to the related industrial community. This paper aims to highlight the present scenario of the fish processing industry of Kerala with respect to capacity utilization and growth trends. Both primary and secondary data were used to frame this paper. Multiple regression, Chow break point test etc. are applied on time series data to arrive at a conclusion