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An assessment of the penaeid prawn seed resource of the Godavari estuary and the adjacent backwaters

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Title An assessment of the penaeid prawn seed resource of
the Godavari estuary and the adjacent backwaters
 
Creator Rao, G Sudhakara
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Prawn seed resource of the Codavari estuary and the adjacent backwaters was studied during the years
1969-'71 based on the catches of push nets, drag nets and stake nets. Push net catches at Neelapalli were
better in April-June while they were better in March-October at B. V. Palem. Drag net and stake net
catches at B. V. Palcm were better during April-May and November-December. Seed represented were
of the species of Metapenaeus monoceros, Penaeus indicus, M. dabsoni, M. brevicomis, P. monodon, M. affinis
and P. merguiensis in the order of abundance. Assessment of the species-wise seed resources for the entire
estuarine system was based on catch and effort and gear census of the 21 villages spread over the area.
203 crores of prawn seed are annually harvested from this estuarine system which is enough to stock
21,800 ha of prawn farms of which 3,770 ha can be stocked with prime species like P. monodon, P. indicus
and P. merguiensis.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1990
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/286/1/Article_05.pdf
Rao, G Sudhakara (1990) An assessment of the penaeid prawn seed resource of the Godavari estuary and the adjacent backwaters. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 37 (2). pp. 99-108.