Claim: Fishing in India takes place in a exclusive economic zone and contributed over one percent of India's gross domestic product, and it employs about 14.5 million people a year.
Evidence: To harvest the economic benefits from fishing, India has adopted exclusive economic zone, stretching 200 nautical miles (370 km) into the Indian Ocean, encompasses more than 2 million square kilometers. Fishing in India contributed over 1 percent of India's annual gross domestic product in 2008. Fishing in India employs about 14.5 million people.