Spurt in fish landings along north Tamil Nadu coast

Vivekanandan, E and Kathirvel, M and Selvaraj, V and Girijavallabhan, K G and Rajagopalan, M and Chidambaram, K (1983) Spurt in fish landings along north Tamil Nadu coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 49. pp. 17-19.

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    Abstract

    In the sudden spurt of unusually heavy fish landings a movement of deep water fishes to the inshore areas were observed and of this unusual landings along the coast during this period are presented. The heavy fish landings were observed for 15 days in landing centres adjacent of Pondicherry whereas it for 2 days in Kovalam region and in Madras. A slight drop in surface water temperature with low oxygen concentration (1.10 to 1.37ml/L) and low temperature (26.2 to 27.2°C) during this period were examined. Analysis of plankton samples showed a a bloom of Chaetoceros sp.in this period.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Landings; Spurt; deep water fishes; movement
    Subjects: Fish and Fisheries > Fish behaviour
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
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    Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2010 04:17
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:23
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/3571

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