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Threadfin Breams

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Title Threadfin Breams
 
Creator Murty, V Sriramachandra
Joshi, K K
Nair, Rekha J
 
Subject Threadfin Breams
 
Description The threadfin breams, also called pink perch (Kilimeen in Malayalam, Rani in
Marathi, Madhumal meenu in Gujarati, Gulivindalu in Telugu) constitute an
important demersal finfish resource in the Indian EEZ. These fishes are abundant
beyond 50 m but show higher concentration at 100 -200 m depth as revealed by the
exploratory surveys and experimental fishing. The fishing has been restricted to
inshore waters up to about 50 m depth for a long time. But, after the introduction of
stay-over fishing in late nineties, extending the operations to about 150 m depth and
continuing the same, landings of threadfin breams have phenomenally increased
from about 20,000 tonnes in the early eighties to about 116,000 tonnes by 2000.
The increased availability of these fishes has also led to the establishment of surimi
plants exclusively on the basis of these species. This increased production along
the west coast particularly the northwest region of India however, is mainly due to
enhanced effort input.
 
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/29/1/15.pdf
Murty, V Sriramachandra and Joshi, K K and Nair, Rekha J (2003) Threadfin Breams. In: Status of Exploited Marine Fishery Resources of India. CMFRI, Cochin, pp. 120-126. ISBN 81-901219-3-6