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Atlas on the Elasmobranch fishery resources of India

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Title Atlas on the Elasmobranch fishery resources of India
 
Creator Raje, S G
Sivakami, S
Mohanraj, G
Manojkumar, P P
Raju, A
Joshi, K K
 
Subject Elasmobranch Fisheries
CMFRI Special Publications
 
Description The elasmobranchs represented by sharks, skates (sawfishes,guitar fishes) and rays are an
important group of demersal fishes which are exploited for multifarious uses of their various
body parts such as the meat, fins, liver, teeth and the hide. While shark fins are considered as
a delicacy fetching increased export market, their liver oil is utilized in pharmaceutical industry.
Shark teeth is used for ornamental purposes and their hide for a variety of leather products.
This increased commercial demand coupled with their characteristic life history pattern
including slow growth rate, delayed maturation, long reproductive cycle, low fecundity and
long life span and their trans-boundary migration pattern make them susceptible to over fishing.
Because of this background, of late there had been a growing international awareness over the
conservation and management of the elasmobranch stocks. This in turn necessitates an
understanding of resource characteristics and eco-biological features of different species of
sharks, skates and rays
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4056/1/Special_Publn_95.pdf
Raje, S G and Sivakami, S and Mohanraj, G and Manojkumar, P P and Raju, A and Joshi, K K (2007) Atlas on the Elasmobranch fishery resources of India. CMFRI Special Publication, 95. pp. 1-253.