Morphometric relationship and fishery of Indian Ocean lobsterette, Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason 1873 along the southwest coast of India

Dineshbabu, A P (2008) Morphometric relationship and fishery of Indian Ocean lobsterette, Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason 1873 along the southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 50 (1). pp. 111-116.

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    Abstract

    The Indian Ocean lobsterette, Nephropsis stewarti, is landed at Mangalore Fisheries Harbour by deep-sea trawlers operating at 250-500 m depth off North Kerala and South Karnataka from the year 2000 onwards. During 2000-2006, the average annual landing of the species was estimated at 23.3 t with the highest landing in 2001 (51 t) and the lowest in 2005 (9 t). Studies on length-frequency and morphometric characteristics of the lobster were carried out during 2005-2006. Fishery was constituted by the length range 58-158 mm. Females < 80 mm (total length) were found to be immature. Highest percentage (33%) of immature females was found during November, 2006. The total length-body weight relationships derived for males and females were W = 0.01737 L2.942954 and W = 0.01873 L2.89537 respectively. The carapace length-body weight relationships were W = 0.66626CL 3.09198 for males and W = 0.62579 CL 2.89828 for females. Significant differences between slopes and elevations of carapace length-body weight and carapace length-total length relationships were found between sexes. Males were found to be heavier than females of similar size

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Lobsterette; Nephropsis stewarti; Indian Ocean
    Subjects: Fish and Fisheries
    Crustacean Fisheries > Lobsters
    Fishery Biology
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division
    Depositing User: Mr. Arun Surendran
    Date Deposited: 16 Aug 2010 19:00
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:16
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/2217

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