Oil sardine investigation at Karwar

Abstract

The clupeoid group which is composed mainly of commercially important fishes like sardines, anchovies, white baits, Hilsa etc., contribute to a third of the total marine fish production of our country. The analysis presented in this article is a part of the work carried out by the author under "The biological investigation of some of the important teleosts of the Kanara coast." This work was initiated in early 1955 under" the guidance of Dr. N. Kesava Panikkar, the then Director of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute and later continued under Dr. S. Jones the present Director. The present account relates to the fishery seasons, maturity, spawning and length frequency distribution of Sardinella longiceps (Cuv. & Val.) during January 1955 to March 1964.