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Emergence of blood clam fisheries off Mumbai coast

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Title Emergence of blood clam fisheries off Mumbai coast
 
Creator Bhendekar, S N
Mhatre, V D
Sasikumar, Geetha
Singh, V V
Mohamed, K S
 
Subject Clam
 
Description Blood clam (Tegillarca granosa) lives in intertidal
and shallow subtidal waters preferring muddy
bottoms, mainly in protected bays and estuaries, or
in mangroves with silty bottoms and low salinity. In
India, it forms commercial fishery in Kakinada Bay
in Andhra Pradesh (Narasimham, K.A. 1969, J. Mar.
Biol. Ass. India, 20: 407-417).Thane Creek is an inlet
in the shoreline of the Arabian sea off Mumbai where
large-scale exploitation of blood clam has emerged
during the recent past.The blood clam fishery near
Mahul, Trombay and Darukhana which commenced
in December 2017 lasted upto March 2018. They were
harvested by hand picking in shallow areas and hand
dredges operated from wooden canoes 10-15 feet
overall length. Nearly 8-15 Fishers from Darukhana
go for handpicking the class. In Mahul and Trombay
the fishermen use a canoe, rowed by one while the
others conduct dredging. Each hand pickers was
getting about 30 kg catch. The catch from each
canoe was 100-300 kg per day. The length range of
blood clam caught was between 34.5 to 52.6 mm.
Hand pickers sell the clams in local markets while
canoes bring catch to New Ferry Wharf where agents
procure it for supplying to Goa and on demand basis
to hotels in Mumbai. The price varies from ` 30-60
per kilogram. As per fisher’s opinion the fishery is
not regular but once every three years they are
getting good catches of blood clam.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13433/1/5_MFIS_235.pdf
Bhendekar, S N and Mhatre, V D and Sasikumar, Geetha and Singh, V V and Mohamed, K S (2018) Emergence of blood clam fisheries off Mumbai coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (235). p. 16. ISSN 0254-380 X