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Crustacean fishery resources of India - An overview

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Title Crustacean fishery resources of India - An overview
 
Creator Suseelan, C
Pillai, N N
 
Subject Crustacean Fisheries
 
Description The recent trend in crustacean fishery of India has been reviewed based on the landings during
1984-1992. The fishery as a \^iiole inqjroved over the years reaching a record level of 0.39 miUicn
tcones in 1991. Brawn landings, which accounted for about 72% of the crustacean fishery, showed a
reaunkable leap since 1988 as a result of extended fishing by shrimp trawlers over time and ^ace. and
the innovative fishing in the traditional sectcr. The changed fishing pattern in the mechanized as well
as aitisanal sectors, and its intact en catch and ^ecies conq)osition are outlined. The average
production of 0.225 millioo tcnnes of prawns realized at present is very close to the estimated catdiable
potential of the 0-50 m depth zone. Stock assessments of in:;>ortant species also reveals that the coastal
>shrinq> resource of India is fiilly e;q>loited at present. Some species like Metapenaeus dohsoni,
Penaeus indicus and P. semisulcatus ate overfished in their respective areas of fishery.
The lobster fishery, on the whole, is in a state of decline. On the north-west coast, stock
assessment of the princ^al ^ecies Panulirus polyphagus has shown that to reach the MSY level
trawling e£foit would have to be considerably reduced which may not be feasible as this fishing e£foit
is targeted for other resources. Proper conservation measures are therefore needed to inwove the
fishery. .
The various problems faced by the fishery due to human activities and the measures to improve
crustacean production are discussed.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1993
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/255/1/Article_11.pdf
Suseelan, C and Pillai, N N (1993) Crustacean fishery resources of India - An overview. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 40 (1&2). pp. 104-111.