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Fungal decay of traditional fishing craft

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Title Fungal decay of traditional fishing craft
 
Creator Gupta, R.
 
Subject fishing vessels
biological damage
fungal diseases
preservatives
economic feasibility
 
Description The artisanal fishermen land major portion of fish caught in India, employing traditional fishing craft and methods. These craft are built of indigenous wood and undergo rapid biodeterioration causing great economic loss. Soft-rot fungi with their filamentous structure, specialized enzymes systems and ability to withstand periodic wetting and drying of the craft are the principal agents of this biodeterioration. The paper highlights the work carried out on this aspect in India, the fungi involved, their role in the biodeterioration process, traditional and modern preventive methods, their economics with suggestions for future work. This study becomes important in view of the fishing industry turning towards traditional fishing craft for low energy fishing, due to economic strains
 
Date 2009-05-06T10:26:35Z
2009-05-06T10:26:35Z
1993
 
Type Conference Article
 
Identifier Proceedings of the National Workshop on Low Energy Fishing, 8-9 August, 1991, Cochin, 102-104p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2776
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1993]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Society of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, India