CMFRI Annual Report 1994-95

Abstract

Marine fisheries research has always been a challenging and difficult task. Tropical marine fisheries are essentially multispecies, multigear and open access in their characteristics. Many of the fish landing sites are very remotely located and the fishermen in most cases are illiterates and do not appreciate the difficult task of the fisheries scientist. Tropical fish stocks are distinctly different from their temperate counterparts in their behaviour, migration, food and feeding habits, reproduction, recruitment, growth, mortality and production. It is in this backdrop that the marine fisheries scientists in India carry out their research.