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Seerfishes

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Title Seerfishes
 
Creator Muthiah, C
Pillai, N G K
Mohamad Kasim, H
Bhat, S Uma
 
Subject Pelagic Fisheries
 
Description Seerfishes/Spanish-mackerels (known as Mackerel and Gura in West Bengal;
Mingiram, Koni and Konemu in Orissa; Konemu and Vanjaram in Andhra Pradesh;
Nettaiyan seela, Vanchiram, Kattayan seela and Nona seela in Tamil Nadu; Neimeen,
Varimeen and Ayakura in Kerala; Dandi, Isona, Anjal, Surmai in Karnataka; Isona
in Goa; Surmai, Towar and Anjari in Maharashtra; Surmi and Chopri in Gujarat
and Digumas and Ayakkura in Lakshadweep) are one of the commercially important
marine pelagic finfish resources of India of high commercial value. The seerfish
catch of 50,376 t in 2000 which was just 1.85% of the marine fish production was
valued at 4.03 billion rupees and was higher than the cost price of India’s major
group of finfish catches like mackerel and oil sardine. Owing to their high unit
value and economic returns, they support artisanal fisheries and is a major source of
income for gill net and hook and line fishermen of the country. In recent years, they
are also caught in appreciable
quantities by trawl from the
deeper waters, enhancing the
financial returns to the boat
owners. Since seerfishes grow
to a large size and their meat
quality is of high grade, they
are in great demand all over the
country fetching Rs.80-150/kg,
prices higher than that of
chicken and mutton.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Contributor Mohan Joseph, M
Jayaprakash, A A
 
Date 2003
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12/1/new_arti6.pdf
Muthiah, C and Pillai, N G K and Mohamad Kasim, H and Bhat, S Uma (2003) Seerfishes. In: Status of Exploited Marine Fishery Resources of India. CMFRI, Cochin, pp. 45-50. ISBN 81-901219-3-6