The estimated marine fish landings for the peninsular India was 3.83 million tonnes in 2017, which was second highest ever, slightly below 3.92 million tonnes in 2012. The landings witnessed a marginal increase of 5.6% compared to 2016. The region-wise breakup of the landings indicated that southwest and northwest contributed almost equally to the landings spectrum with 12.33 lakh tonnes and 12.32 lakh tonnes respectively whereas the southeast contributed 8.82 lakh tonnes and only 4.88 lakh tonnes by northeast. In the reporting year, 4 maritime states landed more than 5 lakh tonnes accounting for 67% of country’s marine fish landings. Among them, Gujarat continued to be in the topmost position for the fifth consecutive year with 7.86 lakh tonnes. Tamil Nadu stood behind Gujarat with 6.55 lakh tonnes. Pelagic finfishes dominated in the marine fish landings 2017 contributing 54% of the landings. Indian oil sardine, mackerel, ribbon fish, lesser sardines and Bombay duck contributed almost 60% of the pelagic fish landings. Of this, oil sardine alone accounted for 16.3%. Demersal finfishes contributed 26.8% to total landings. The major demersal resources landed were threadfin breams, croakers, silver bellies bullseyes (Priacanthus spp.), and catfishes. Crustaceans comprised high value resources like shrimp, crabs and lobsters and the contribution from this group was 12.6%. Molluscs comprising squids, cuttlefish, clams and oysters accounted for the remaining 6.6%. CMFRI Annual Report 2017-2018 http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13044/