Unusual landing of Palinustus waguensis at Chennai Fishing Harbour by indigenous gear

Pillai, S Lakshmi and Thirumilu, P (2006) Unusual landing of Palinustus waguensis at Chennai Fishing Harbour by indigenous gear. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 190. pp. 25-26.

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    Abstract

    Palinustus waguensis commonly known as 'Japanese blunthorn lobster' and locally in Tamil as 'Alkadal sivappu singera' occurs usually at a depth of 100-200m and are caught in deep sea trawls. But on 15.9.2006, three females of P. waguensis were obtained in the indigenous gear-'Nakku valai' a bottom set gill net with a mesh size of 45-50mm. P. waguensis is distributed along Indo-west Pacific region, Honshu island, Japan, Thailand, south west India and Andamans. They have edible and ornamental value. In Japan, these lobsters which form sporadic catch are often sold to the public aquaria

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Unusual landing; Palinustus waguensis;Fishing Harbour; indigenous gear
    Subjects: Crustacean Fisheries > Lobsters
    Marine Fisheries > Fish landing
    Divisions: CMFRI-Madras (Chennai)
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division
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    Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2010 07:57
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:24
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/3837

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