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Prawn fishing methods

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Title Prawn fishing methods
 
Creator Ramamurthy, S
Muthu, M S
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Before 1950 the prawn fishery was exploited only within a narrow coastal strip of 5-20 m depth
by various types of indigenous gears. Later, due to the introduction of mechanised fishing vessels the
commercially exploited grounds have extended up to 40 m depth. Besides trawling, the conventional gears
constitute an important source of prawns landings. There is however no comprehensive account of the
different methods of prawn fishing in India except for brief references by Panikkar and Menon (1956) and
Venkataraman et al (1956). The other available information is related to fishing methods in general or to
prawn fishing methods in specified regions (Hornell, 1925 and 1938; Rai, 1933; Chopra, 1939; Naidu,
1942; Jones and Sujansinghani, 1954; Nayar, 1958; George 1961; Menon and Raman, 1962, Thyagarajan
and Thomas, 1962; Mani, 1963; Pillai and Ghosh, 1962). It is therefore attempted to deal, in the present
account, with the methods adopted for capture of prawns on the Indian coasts, besides those in the
backwaters and estuaries which yield a sizable prawn fishery. The types of fishing implements used for
catching prawns along the Indian coast depend largely on the physical characteristics of the coast line and
the habits of the species.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Contributor Jones, S
 
Date 1969
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/602/1/Bull-Ramamurthy_Bulletin_14-4.pdf
Ramamurthy, S and Muthu, M S (1969) Prawn fishing methods. In: CMFRI Bulletin No.14, Prawn fisheries of India. CMFRI, Mandapam Camp, pp. 235-257.