West Bengal ranks second in total inland fish production among all the states in India. However, the state is not able to meet the increasing demand of fish. Therefore, it was found to be necessary to analyze the factors of production and accordingly suggest suitable institutional transformation in the management of fisheries sector of West Bengal. Accordingly, this study was conducted to gain an
... [Show full abstract] understanding of the existing status of fisheries, organizational structure of the government organizations working for the fisheries sector of West Bengal and the factors affecting fish production in the state using the secondary data available from the Department of Fisheries, Govt. of West Bengal. Correlation matrix using SPSS was formed to see the level of association among the various factors and stepwise multiple regression analysis was done using SPSS to find out the independent variables that significantly affect the dependent variables. The results of the study depicted that there are large untapped natural fisheries resources available in the state which needs to be utilized. In the study, the factors affecting fish production was found to be the ‘increase in the water area under fish culture’ and the ‘increase in the domestic demand of fish in the state’. These factors depicted significant relationship with fish production. Hence forth, the government must redesign the organizational structure to increase the water area and domestic demand for fishes in the state.