Seshappa, G (1973) The flat fish resources of the west coast of India. In: Proceedings of the symposium on living resources of the seas around India, 1973, Mandapam Camp.
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Abstract
Among the marine fishery resources of India, the flat fishes occupy a place of some importance, especially along the West Coast. Among these, however, the only species that has been contributing to a sizable and regular fishery is Cynoglossus semifasciatus Day. The best fishery is restricted to the NorthKerala and South Mysore coasts. This paper gives a brief account of the past and some recent trends in this fishery with a particular reference to Calicut on the Malabar coast. The common nets used in the sole fishery at Calicut are the boat-seine (Paithuvala) and the cast net. In recent years mechanised boats have started fishing by small trawl nets in the area and it has been found that during 1966-67 and 1967-68 the off-season catches have been more than catches of the normal season, the difference being particularly marked in 1967-68 which accounted for a good annual total catch. A large percentage of the off-season catch consisted of juveniles. The extent to which this would affect the regular fishery remains to be studied.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | flat fish resources; India |
Subjects: | Demersal Fishes > Flat fishes Demersal Fisheries |
Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division |
Depositing User: | Dr. V Mohan |
Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2010 17:48 |
Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 15:18 |
URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/2732 |
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