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Myctophid discards from deep sea shrimp trawlers operating off south-west coast of Kerala

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Title Myctophid discards from deep sea shrimp trawlers operating off south-west coast of Kerala
 
Creator Fernandez, T. Jose
Vipin, P.M.
Pradeep, K.
Ravi, Renju
Remesan, M.P.
Boopendranath, M.R.
 
Subject Bycatch
Discards
Mesopelagic fishes
Myctophids
 
Description 1053-1058
Total bycatch and discards of deep sea shrimp trawlers operating from Sakthikulangara and Neendakara harbours in Kollam District during the period 2009-10 has been estimated as 11,488 t and it is about 58% of the total catch. Major part of the discarded fishes belongs to mesopelagic group which has the largest resource potential in the Arabian Sea. More than 98% of the bycatch was discarded at sea. Contribution of myctophids in the total discards is about 32%. Eight species of myctophids belonging to the genus Diaphus (Diaphus watasei, D. luetkeni, D. dumerilli, D. hudsoni and D. effulgens), Myctophum (Myctophum spinosum and M. obtusirostre) and Benthosema (Benthosema fibulatum) were identified and quantified from the samples.
 
Date 2016-07-21T05:17:30Z
2016-07-21T05:17:30Z
2015-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/jspui/handle/123456789/34856
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(07) [July 2015]