Jestin Joy, K M and Sasikumar, Geetha and Vaisakh, G and Chellappan, Anulekshmi and Sajikumar, K K (2025) Fishery for endemic marine clam Sunetta solanderii from Kadalundi, Kerala. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (264) (264). pp. 29-30. ISSN 0254-380X
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Abstract
The marine clam Sunetta solanderii (Gray, 1825) is a venerid bivalve endemic to the southwest coast of India, particularly Kerala. The clam resources of the estuaries along the Kerala Coast have been traditionally exploited by coastal populations. The Kadalundi Estuary in Kozhikode District, supports a traditional clam fishery in the Kadalundi – Vallikkunnu Community Reserve (VKCR), declared in 2007. Spread across an area of 1.5 sq.km, this biologically productive estuary, drains directly into the Arabian Sea, and supports fauna and flora including a total of 13 species of molluscs from 13 genera, under 9 families and 7 orders.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Molluscan Fisheries > Clam |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Shellfish Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Shellfish Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Shellfish Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Shellfish Fisheries Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2026 11:56 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2026 11:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/19653 |
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