Investigations on the biology of Indian Mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier) along the Central Kerala coast with special reference to maturation, feeding and lipid dynamics

Ganga, U (2010) Investigations on the biology of Indian Mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier) along the Central Kerala coast with special reference to maturation, feeding and lipid dynamics. Doctoral thesis, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

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    Abstract

    The Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1817) is a pelagic fish that is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region. Along the Indian coast its fishery is only second in importance to the oil sardine Sardinella longiceps. During the present decade (2000- 2008) the average all India landings was estimated at 1.29 lakh tones (t) most of which was landed along the southwest coast of India especially in Kerala and Karnataka. However, recent reports indicate that climate change induced variations in the marine environment such as sea surface temperature (SST) have impacted the mackerel and sardine stocks leading to the northward extension of their distribution ranges resulting in development of new fisheries targeting mackerel especially along the northwest coast of India (Asokan et al., 2009).

    Item Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
    Uncontrolled Keywords: biology; Indian Mackerel; Rastrelliger kanagurta;Central Kerala coast; maturation; feeding; lipid dynamics
    Subjects: Theses
    Fishery Biology
    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: 27 Jun 2015 10:10
    Last Modified: 02 Dec 2015 05:40
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10453

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