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Incidents of ingestion of plastic by marine fishes

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11376/
 
Title Incidents of ingestion of plastic by marine fishes
 
Creator Sivadas, M
Suresh Kumar, K
Kannan, K
 
Subject Marine Pollution
 
Description Although impacts of plastic pollution on fishthrough entanglement in discarded fishing gear anddirect ingestion have been reported, the reportsfrom India especially on ingestion of plastic bymarine fishes are rare. Two instances of plasticsobserved in the stomachs of fishes caught from Gulfof Mannar off Thoothukudi, south-east coast of Indiaare reported.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2016
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11376/1/MFIS%20227_9.pdf
Sivadas, M and Suresh Kumar, K and Kannan, K (2016) Incidents of ingestion of plastic by marine fishes. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (227). pp. 19-20. ISSN 0254-380 X