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A preliminary account of the gillnet fishery off Veraval during 1979-82

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Title A preliminary account of the gillnet fishery off
Veraval during 1979-82
 
Creator Mohamad Kasim, H
Khan, Mohammad Zafar
 
Subject Estimation
 
Description In spite of an increase in the fishing effort, the total catch was almost same.
The important components of the fishery were Elasmobranchs (26% in the total
catch), Clupeids (25.8%), Pomfrets (11.1%), Chirocentrus spp. (8.8%), seer fish
(7.6%), catfish (5.6%), tuna (3.2%), ribbonfish (3%) and Carangids (%).
However, increasing trend was observed in the abundance of Hilsa toll, Parastromateus
niger, Chirocentrus dorab, Scomberomorus guttatus and Carangids. Generally,
the fishery was good in the beginning and at the end of every fishing season,
i.e., September-October and May-June, respectively.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1986
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/381/1/Article_04.pdf
Mohamad Kasim, H and Khan, Mohammad Zafar (1986) A preliminary account of the gillnet fishery off Veraval during 1979-82. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 33 (2). pp. 155-162.