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Gastropod and bivalve fishery of Kakinada Bay, Andhra Pradesh, India: Management and conservation issues

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Title Gastropod and bivalve fishery of Kakinada Bay, Andhra Pradesh, India: Management and conservation issues
 
Creator Laxmilatha, P
 
Subject Bivalves
Gastropods
 
Description Several species of shellfi sh, both bivalves and gastropods,
are regularly fi shed from the Kakinada Bay in Andhra
Pradesh, India. An organised ornamental shell trade and
lime industry fl ourishes in the villages along the Kakinada
Bay. The bay opens into the Bay of Bengal on its northern
side and is bordered by mainland on the western side, by
mangrove forests on southern side and by a narrow sand bar
called Hope Island on its eastern side. The bay is shallow and
large mud fl ats are exposed during low tides, on the southern
and western sides. The total area fi shed for molluscs in the
bay is about 100 km2 mostly confi ned to the southern and
eastern sides where depth is 2-4 m and there is no fi shing in
the northern section where the depth is more than 9 m. The
bottom of the major part of the Bay is of soft fi ne clay with
good amount of silt while the eastern side of the bay is sandy
and western side is rocky (Narasimham, 2004).
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11503/1/Gastropod%20and%20bivalve%20fishery%20of%20Kakinada%20Bay_Aquaculture%20Asia_2015_20-4_Laxmilatha.pdf
Laxmilatha, P (2015) Gastropod and bivalve fishery of Kakinada Bay, Andhra Pradesh, India: Management and conservation issues. Aquaculture Asia, 20 (4). pp. 21-26.