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BAIT-FISH AND TUNA CATCHES AT MINICOY ISLAND (LAKSHADWEEP) IN RELATION TO LUNAR CYCLE DURING 1983-84 SEASON

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Title BAIT-FISH AND TUNA CATCHES AT MINICOY ISLAND
(LAKSHADWEEP) IN RELATION TO LUNAR CYCLE
DURING 1983-84 SEASON
 
Creator Mohan, Madan
Kunhikoya, K K
 
Subject Tuna fisheries
 
Description The catches of bait-fish and tuna in relation to moon phases during
1983-84 pole-and-line tuna-fishing season is discussed. Bait-fish and tuna catches
for the season as a whole were relatively high during new-moon phase and low
'during the last quarter of the moon. Tuna catches per kg of bait fish were high
during the last quarter of moon and low during newmoon phase. Efforts in both
bait fishing and tuna fishing and catehes-per-unit-of-effort of bait fishes and tuna
were highest during newmoon phase, then decreased gradually and was lowest in
the last quarters.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1987
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/360/1/Article_18.pdf
Mohan, Madan and Kunhikoya, K K (1987) BAIT-FISH AND TUNA CATCHES AT MINICOY ISLAND (LAKSHADWEEP) IN RELATION TO LUNAR CYCLE DURING 1983-84 SEASON. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 34 (3). pp. 355-358.