Prawn fishery by trawl off Cannanore during 1965-1968

Abstract

The prawn catches by trawl off Cannanore have been assessed from the landing data of the shrimp trawlat depths 15-26 m during January 1965 to June 1968. Annually an average catch of 624 tonnes of prawns was landed by the mechanised boats at Cannanore. The catch rates and the dominant size ranges and the depth-wise distribution of the different species of prawn which formed the bulk of the fishery during different months are also given.