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A preliminary study on the prawn fishery of big trawlers along the Northeast Coast of India

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Title A preliminary study on the prawn fishery of big
trawlers along the Northeast Coast of India
 
Creator Rao, G Sudhakara
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description The number of big trawlers operating along the northeast coast increased
from 55 in 1983-84 to 76 in 1985-86, increasing the prawn landings from 2353 t
in 1983-84 to 3043 t in 1985-86. Catch per hour of trawling reached a peak in
1984-85 (20.1 kg) and then declined in 1985-86 (16.5 kg). The proportion of
'tigers' (8%), 'whites' (30%) and 'browns' (62%) was more or less stable during
the three-year period.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1987
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/356/1/Article_10.pdf
Rao, G Sudhakara (1987) A preliminary study on the prawn fishery of big trawlers along the Northeast Coast of India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 34 (3). pp. 312-328.