Artisanal Fishery for Prawns at Uppada near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh coast

Lalitha Devi, S (1985) Artisanal Fishery for Prawns at Uppada near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 62. pp. 6-11.

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    Abstract

    Uppada (Lat. 17° 6' N, Long 82° 23' E) is an important marine fish landing centre of Kakinada region where prawns form about 4% to 95% in thetotal fish landings. Twenty three species of penaeid prawns and 4 species of non-penaeid prawns contribute to the prawn fishery of which 10 species of penaeid prawns and 3 species of non-penaeid prawns form regular fishery, throughout the year. Data on prawn catches at Uppada collected for aperiod of 5 years from 1979 to 1983 show that an average 501.5 t of piawns are landed per annum at this centre, accounting for 24.1 % of the total fish landings. Penaeid prawns formed 82.4% in total prawn landings and 19.8% in total fish landings.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: penaeid prawn; chinna alivi; Penaeus indicus,; P. monodon; Nylon gillnet; Boat seine; Shore seine
    Subjects: Crustacean Fisheries > Prawn and Prawn fisheries
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kakinada
    Depositing User: Users 132 not found.
    Date Deposited: 08 Sep 2010 11:42
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:27
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/4404

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