Occurrence of macro plastic in the stomach of flat needlefish

Roul, Subal Kumar and Prakasan, D and Sadik, M M and Aswathy, A S and Retheesh, T B and Gireesh, R and Abdussamad, E M (2016) Occurrence of macro plastic in the stomach of flat needlefish. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (227). p. 20. ISSN 0254-380 X

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    Abstract

    On 6th January 2016, biological samples ofAblennes hians were collected from the hook andline fishing boats based at Munambam FishingHarbour, Kochi. While analysing the gut contents inthe laboratory, the stomach of one specimen (weight380 gm, total length 687 mm) contained macroplastic material having about 0.02 gm weight.Stomach also contained partially digested shrimps,sea snails (Diacavolinia longirostris, Cavoliniatridentata) and digested matter.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: macro plastic; marine fishes; flat needlefish
    Subjects: Marine Environment > Marine Pollution
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Depositing User: Arun Surendran
    Date Deposited: 27 Dec 2016 04:50
    Last Modified: 14 Feb 2017 04:51
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/11377

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