Status of eel fishery along the Odisha coast

Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen and Das, Madhumita and Das, Menaka and Dash, Gyanaranjan and Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar and Dash, Biswajit and Ghosh, Shubhadeep (2023) Status of eel fishery along the Odisha coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 255. pp. 7-9. ISSN 0254-380X

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Abstract

Estimated landings of eels along the Odisha coast during 2007- 2021 ranged from 561 to 5194 tonnes. In 2021, the total eel landings of 1752 tonnes contributed 1.7 % to the total marine fish catch of the state. Multiday trawlers were the major crafts operated for eel resources with highest landings observed during October-December (47.7%) along the Odisha coast. Six species regularly landed during the period were Anguilla bicolor, Muraenesox bagio, Muraenesox cinereus, Congresox talabon, Congresox talabonoides and Strophidon sathete with rare landings of Gymnothorax sp. and Congresox sp. also recorded. During 2007- 2021, M. cinereus (36 %), M. bagio (35%), followed by A. bicolor (21%), Congresox sp. (3%), C. talabonoides (3%), C. talabon (1%) and S. sathete (1%) dominated amongst the eel species landed during all the years. M. bagio followed by S. sathete were the dominant and targeted species landed at Puri during 2021. The length range for M. bagio and S. sathete were 95-190 cm and 60-240 cm respectively. The market price is `300-350 for M. bagio whereas S. sathete which comes as bycatch is sold at `50-60 per kg in fresh condition.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Eel; Eel fishery; Odisha
Subjects:	Marine Fisheries > Marine Fishing Demersal Fishes Demersal Fishes > Eels Marine Fisheries
Divisions:	CMFRI-Puri FC CMFRI-Visakhapatnam
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2023 04:57
Last Modified:	12 Jun 2023 05:06
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/17049

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