Kavitha, M and Veera Venthan, K R and Vidhya, V and Edward, Loveson and Linga Prabu, D and Willington, S (2025) Unearthing the Fossilised Bivalve fishery in Kulasekarapattinam: A Unique livelihood in Thoothukudi District. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (264) (264). pp. 31-32. ISSN 0254-380X
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Abstract
Kulasekarapattinam, a coastal fishing village of Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, has around 200 fishing families, with around 80 motorised crafts, actively engaged in marine fishing operations. While gill nets (Bottom set gill net and Trammel net) are the principal gear used in traditional fisheries here, the village is also known for a unique activity of the exploitation of fossilised bivalve shells by skin diving from the seabed, making it an important regional fishery of both livelihood and commercial significance
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Molluscan Fisheries > Bivalves |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Tuticorin |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2026 11:57 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2026 11:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/19655 |
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