Shrimp resources on the continental shelf as revealed by trawler landings from offshore waters of India

Rao, K Virabhadra and Dorairaj, K (1973) Shrimp resources on the continental shelf as revealed by trawler landings from offshore waters of India. In: Proceedings of the symposium on living resources of the seas around India, 1968, Mandapam Camp.

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    Abstract

    An account of the region-wise shrimp landings by the trawlers operating from Bombay, Karwar, Mangalore, Cannanore, Cochin, Mandapam, Tuticorin, Visakhapalnam and Calcutta bases is given. The catch per hour of shrimp returns by the trawlers is taken as the basis for determining the area-wise and regional abundance. Productive areas which have fairly constantly given high catch rates in different regions have been charted. In the west coast the catch rates have been found to increase north to south, from Kutch to Cochin. Productive areas occur on the continental shelf in the Gulf of Cambay, off Bombay, Ratnagiri, Vengurla-Dabhol, Karwar, Mangalore, Cannanore, Cochin and Alleppey. On the east coast the shrimp catches are comparatively less. However some productive prawn grounds have been located off Tuticorin, Mandapam, Kakinada and Visakhapatnam. In West Bengal also fairly productive grounds have been recorded from the Eastern Channel, off Debi-Prachi rivers and the Western Channel. The seasonal and depth-wise abundance of shrimp species in different regions has been investigated.

    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Shrimp resources; continental shelf; trawler landing
    Subjects: Crustacean Fisheries > Prawn and Prawn fisheries
    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: Dr. V Mohan
    Date Deposited: 31 Aug 2010 05:55
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:18
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/2756

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