Manojkumar, P P (2005) Fishery of the spinycheek grouper, Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes), off Calicut along the Malabar Coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 47 (1). pp. 63-69.
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Abstract
They contributed to 4 % of the trawl landings with an annual average catch of 2,727 t during 1992 to 2002. Their exploitation has registered a sharp increase with highest catch of over 5,000t in 1996 and 2002. The spiny-cheek grouper, Epinephelus diacanthus formed nearly 90% of the groupers landed. The length weight relationship of the species is Log W = - 4.03+2.8203 Log L (r = 0.9899). The fish attained a length of 244,372,439,474 and 492 mm at the completion of 1 to 5 years respectively. L_ is 512 mm and K=0.65 y-'. The natural mortality (M) and fishing mortality (F) were found to be 1.16 y-' and 1.75 y-' respectively. The exploitation ratio (E) was higher than the Emax, indicating greater fishing pressure on this species.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Groupers; spiny-cheek grouper; fishery; population parameters |
| Subjects: | Demersal Fishes > Groupers |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division |
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| Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2010 12:16 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 15:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/2044 |
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