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On the exploitation of portunid crab Podophthalmus vigil (Weber) along the Chennai coast in Tamil Nadu
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/137/
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On the exploitation of portunid crab Podophthalmus vigil (Weber) along the Chennai coast in Tamil Nadu |
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| Creator |
Thangaraj Subramanian, V
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Crabs
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| Description |
The trend in catch of Podophthalmus vigil at Chennai during 1984-'98 showed slow increase from stray occurrence to a small fishery in 1980's to be followed by an upsurge with the annual catch over lOOt during 1992-'95. After reaching the maximum catch of 217t in 1994-'95, the catch declined drastically to 61 in 1997- '98. The main fishery season was September-January. Males were relatively larger and heavier. Average sex-ratio was 55.2 : 44.8. Peak spawning activities were recorded in October and January. |
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CMFRI/ICAR
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2001
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/137/1/Article_17.pdf
Thangaraj Subramanian, V (2001) On the exploitation of portunid crab Podophthalmus vigil (Weber) along the Chennai coast in Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 48 (4). pp. 431-434. |
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