Fisheries oceanography in India

Subrahmanyan, R (1969) Fisheries oceanography in India. Indian Farming, 19 (9). pp. 47-52.

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Abstract

The term, 'fishery' is not meant to refer to fishes exclusively. It comprtses forms such as the enormous whales which are really mammals, on the one hand, to fishes proper and to such forms as prawns, . crabs, lobsters, shrimps, turtles, oysters, clams, and so on. Species which swim about freely and migrate from place to place, such as the tunas, sardines, mackerels, etc. constitute pelagic fisheries; those which are confin ed t,o the sea bottom mostly, flat fishes, perches, rays, prawns, lobsters, etc. constitute tbe, demersal fisheries.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fisheries oceanography
Subjects:	Oceanography
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
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	17 Jan 2011 07:17
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2015 15:41
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/7005

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