Small scale targeted fishery for White sardine and Goldspotted grenadier anchovy along the Maharashtra coast

Chellappan, Anulekshmi and Akhilesh, K V and Dhanashree, B and Singh, V V (2014) Small scale targeted fishery for White sardine and Goldspotted grenadier anchovy along the Maharashtra coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (222). pp. 9-11. ISSN 0254-380 X

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Abstract

In Maharashtra especially in the suburbs of Mumbai city (Versova, Cuffe Parade, Madh, Vasai, Alibaug) an exclusive targeted fishery exists for white sardine, Escualosa thoracata. This fishery has been in existence for the past four decades and is conducted by local fishermen. Locally this fish is called Bhiljee due to its silvery-white shiny appearance. Nearly 20-50 small motorized or nonmotorized canoes (15-20 feet), small boats with inboard/outboard engines (16-26 feet, 1-2 cylinder) conduct fishing in the near shore areas (within 2-5 km) at depths of 2-8 m using special small meshed (18 - 22 mm mesh size) drift gillnets called “bhiljee jaal”. Length of the net ranges from 40 -100 m with a height of 1.1 to 1.3 m. Each boat has a crew of 2 - 5 people. Each boat takes 8 -15 nets depending upon the number of crew.

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