Much more needs to be done for the development of indigenous technology for the exploitation of fish from deeper waters. This also means setting up of infrastructure facilities and services to operate large sized fishing vessels. An important component of the development programme should be acquisition of technology. To be self-reliant, such technologies would have to be largely developed, tested and operated indigenously. Several new technologies will have to be commercialised and made cost effective.
Infrastructural support forms an essential prerequisite for ocean development.
The variegated infrastructure already available in the country will have to be appropriately augmented, and more particularly in basic supporting facilities like safety and rescue at sea, navigational chains, communication network development of appropriate maps and chargs etc. Infrastructural support for providing a complete and reliable information system through a network of data centres on marine resources, processing and marketing systems, advanced technologies and financial assistance would also be necessary. This requires a broadening and strengthening of available infrastructural facilities. Surveillance and conservation of the marine environment and its resources call for an integrated legal framework and its concomitant enforcement. Several laws have already been formulated regarding the maritime zone, fisheries etc.