Jayaprakash, A A and Pillai, N G K and Elayathu, M N K (2002) Drift gill net fishery for large pelagics at Cochin - A case study on by-catch of pelagic sharks. In: Management of Scombroid Fisheries. CMFRI; Kochi, Kochi, pp. 155-164.
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Abstract
In India, the elasmobranchs contributed on an average 60,8(X) t during 1986 to 1999 forming 2.7% of the total marine fish landings. The production varied from 50,000t in 1990 to a highest of 75,(X)0 t in 1998. The sharks dominated forming 62.4%, followed by rays (33.5%) and skates the rest. The west coast accounted for 55.5% and east coast 44.5%. The highest contribution of 30.2% was from Gujarat followed by Tamilnadu (26.2%). The drift gillnets, sharing 48.5% of the production, was the major gear, followed by trawls (31.5%) and hooks and line (6.1%). Since the drift gillnets (DGN), apart from the scombroids, exploit a variety of larger pelagics, a case study of the shark fishery by the gear at Kochi was made based on the data from 1979 to 1999 and the results are presented here
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Drift gill net fishery; large pelagic; Cochin; pelagic sharks |
| Subjects: | Pelagic Fisheries Marine Fisheries > Marine Fishing Demersal Fisheries > Shark fisheries |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2010 16:20 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 15:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/4135 |
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