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Mackerel fishery of the Malabar area - major broods and their recruitment

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Title Mackerel fishery of the Malabar area - major
broods and their recruitment
 
Creator Yohannan, T M
Abdurahiman, U C
 
Subject Eggs and Larvae
 
Description Three important broods contribute to the bulk of the mackerel catch in the
Malabar area - November brood, May brood and July brood. May and July
broods are very abundant broods recruited to the fishery during the monsoon
months. During the study period 86. 80 % of the May brood was exploited in
the monsoon months (June-August) and 75 % of the July brood was exploited
in the post monsoon months (September-October). The November brood
recruited to the fishery in summer was comparatively less abundant and 53.59
% of this brood was exploited in the summer months (March-May). Favourable
environment seems to be the reason for stronger recruitment during the
monsoon. 63.03 % of the catch of mackerel was of size below 17 cm. It indicated
growth over fishing as they were found to reach a size of around 24 cm by
the end of first year of their life.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1998
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/176/1/Article_05.pdf
Yohannan, T M and Abdurahiman, U C (1998) Mackerel fishery of the Malabar area - major broods and their recruitment. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 45 (3). pp. 249-256.