Bumper landing of common dolphin fish Coryphaena hippurus at Sassoon Dock, Mumbai

Sreeram, Miriam Paul and Waghmare, K B (2005) Bumper landing of common dolphin fish Coryphaena hippurus at Sassoon Dock, Mumbai. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 186. 12-.

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    Abstract

    On 29.10.05, an unprecedented twelve tons of common dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus was landed at Sassoon Dock by gill netters. The catch was made by 22 gill netters on a four day voyage, operating surface drift nets of mesh 80-120 rnrn upto 40 m depth of Murud, about 100 km south of Mumabi. The fish is sexually dimorphic with mature males having a pronounced bony crest in the frontal portion of the head.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: dolphin fish; Coryphaena hippurus; Sassoon Dock; Mumbai
    Subjects: Marine Mammals > Dolphins
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture

    CMFRI-Mumbai
    Depositing User: Mr. Arun Surendran
    Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2010 09:58
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:26
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/4266

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