Ecological impacts of tuna fisheries of Lakshadweep, the archipelagic territory of India situated in the Central Indian Ocean

Koya, Mohammed and Abdul Azeez, P and Rohit, Prathibha and Abdussamad, E M and Mini, K G and Rajesh, K M (2019) Ecological impacts of tuna fisheries of Lakshadweep, the archipelagic territory of India situated in the Central Indian Ocean. In: Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB), 4 September 2019.

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Abstract

Lakshadweep islands are an archipelagic territory of India situated some 200 nautical miles away in the eastern Arabian Sea off the South-West coast of India on the northern part of the Chagos Ridge. Oceanic situation of these atolls make them a haven for the oceanic resources like tunas and tuna like fishes. Similar to the Maldives, the adjacent island nation, tuna fishing have been the mainstay of the economy of this island group with a population of less than one lakh against land area of 32 sq.km. This is the only territory under India where pole and line fishing for skipjack tuna is in existence for a long time.

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