| Abstract |
A summary of R&D programme on the harvest technology of the demersal resources of EEZ leading to the development of the new concept of high speed demersal trawling as the most suitable method for the exploitation of low density multispecies tropical demersal fishery resources, light Bobbin Trawl for the exploitation of the rich demersal fishery resources of hard, uneven and even rocky areas of the Indian EEZ otherwise not accessible for trawling and multipurpose Hybrid Trawl for squid and cuttle fish is presented. The design details and performance of the three high speed demersal trawls, Cift HSDT 1, 2 and 3, Cift Bobbin Trawl and Cift Hybrid Trawl are discussed. How the inherent constraints of sharing the facility of primarily biological and oceanographic research vessel and the fixation of priorities on the above line have affected the R&D programmes on the harvest and post harvest technology of fish is discussed in detail and suggestions are made to minimise these constraints. |
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