Unusual landing of the spotted ocean triggerfish Canthidermis maculata at Cochin Fisheries Harbour

Sobhana, K S and Seetha, P K and Kishore, T G and Divya, D D and Dinesh Kumar, S and Najmudeen, T M and Nair, Rekha J and Zacharia, P U (2013) Unusual landing of the spotted ocean triggerfish Canthidermis maculata at Cochin Fisheries Harbour. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (215). p. 35.

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Abstract

Unusual landing of the ocean triggerfish Canthidermis maculata (Family: Balistidae) was observed at Cochin Fisheries Harbour (CFH) on 11th January 2013 (Fig 1a & b). About 300 kg of fishes were landed in gillnet operated off Cochin at a depth of 20- 30 m. The species is occasionally seen in stray numbers in trawl landings at CFH and this is for the first time a landing of this magnitude is observed at CFH. The fishes were sold at the landing centre @ ` 30 – 40/- per kg for local consumption.

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