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Estimated biomass of demersal flshes off Saurashtra coast

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Title Estimated biomass of demersal flshes off Saurashtra coast
 
Creator Vivekanandan, E
Gopal, C
 
Subject Demersal Fisheries
 
Description Analyiis of exploratory tiawl lurvey data for the areas between latitudes 20°N (off Veraval) and
23°2(m ( (^ Jaldiau) and longitudes 68°E and 70°S0^ in the Saurashtra coast for a S-year period from 198S
to 1989 revealed that the average demersal fish biomass in this area w u 430.4 kg/km^ The biomass per
unit area increased in the north western direction from Veraval up to Harshad. Sdaenid and riUxMifish
contributed substantially to the resource, forming as high as 62.5% of total demersal biomass. During the
S-year period, the dianersel biomass declined from 634.7 kg/km^ in 198S to 3SS.0 kg/km^ in 1989, i.e. a
decrease of abcwt 44%.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1991
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/277/1/Article_07.pdf
Vivekanandan, E and Gopal, C (1991) Estimated biomass of demersal flshes off Saurashtra coast. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 38 (4). pp. 224-230.