About 590 km shoreline distributed among 9 coastal districts.Coastal erosion has become one of the most alarming threats in varying pockets. Shoreline analysis suggests that 46% of coast is eroding, 23% is accreting, 31% is in stable. KSCADC put forward suitable mitigation schemes to arrest/minimize the coastal erosion along the Coastal stretch of Kerala.

In Kerala’s coastal regions, a large number of fisherfolk families residing within 50 meters of the High Tide Line are socially and economically marginalized due to landlessness and lack of proper housing. In this context, the objective of this programme is to rehabilitate these families into modern apartment complexes equipped with all necessary amenities as part of a sustainable resettlement initiative. The fundamental vision of the project is to uplift the fisherfolk community into the mainstream of society.

Approval has been accorded for the establishment of two state-of-the-art wholesale market complexes, at Aluva in Ernakulam district and Kozhikode district, with an estimated outlay of Rs. 48.23 crore and Rs. 55.17 crore respectively, under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampadha Yojana (PMMSY) scheme. .

The Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation Limited (KSCADC) is a government-owned entity dedicated to the integrated development of Kerala's coastal regions. Its projects focus on enhancing the socio-economic conditions of fisherfolk, strengthening coastal infrastructure, and promoting sustainable coastal management.

Studies have indicated that erosion is dominant in all the nine coastal districts of Kerala. Sustainable management of the coastline depends largely on the effective use of hard or soft engineering options to curb the physical processes impacting on the coast, such as erosion and long shore drift. Successful shoreline management also depends on understanding the different uses of coastal land, the various interest groups involved and their management.