Status of longtail tuna, Thunnus tonggol fishery along the Northwest coast of India

Pillai, N G K and Ganga, U and Dhokia, H K (2003) Status of longtail tuna, Thunnus tonggol fishery along the Northwest coast of India. In: Proceedings of the Tuna Meet, 26-27 September 2003, Kochi.

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    Abstract

    Longtail tuna, Thunnus tonggol, is a neritic species with continuous distribution along the continent of Asia from Iran to mainland China (Yesaki, 1993). The average landings during the 1995-2002 period along the Indian coast was about 5970 t of which 78% was contributed from the North-west region. Although the species has so far been reported to be exploited marginally only, since 1998 there has been a perceptible intensification of fishing activities mainly due to technological advancements all along the Indian coast and especially so along the North-west coast (Anon., 1996). Catches of T. tonggol which has shown an increasing trend along the North-west coast since the early 90s peaked during 2000 and subsequently showed a sudden decline with catches as low as when the fishery was just developing during 1990-92 period.

    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
    Uncontrolled Keywords: longtail tuna; Thunnus tonggol fishery; Northwest coast of India; Tuna Meet 2003
    Subjects: Pelagic Fisheries > Tuna fisheries
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Depositing User: Arun Surendran
    Date Deposited: 09 Jul 2014 06:01
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:59
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10118

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