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Prawn fishery of Alleppey coast during the S.W. monsoons of 1972-1976

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Title Prawn fishery of Alleppey coast during the
S.W. monsoons of 1972-1976
 
Creator Kurup, N S
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description The annual total catch of prawns showed wide fluctuations. The catch per
unit effort varied considerably from month to month of the same season and
also duting the corresponding months of different seasons. The prawn catch was
mainly constituted by Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers). June-July months were
more productive on account of recruitment of more individuals belonging to
higher size groups. The monthly average mean sizes of M. dobsoni showed great
disparity, ranging between 75.2 mm and 91.5 mm for males and 81.3 mm and
103.4 mm for females. In the species, males were found in a higher proportion
than females in lower size groups, but females occurred in higher proportions
in higher size groups. The recruitment of mature females into the fishery was
quite irregular throughout the seasons of different years under study. The analysis
of stomach
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1985
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/405/1/Article_06.pdf
Kurup, N S (1985) Prawn fishery of Alleppey coast during the S.W. monsoons of 1972-1976. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 32 (1). pp. 33-43.