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Tunas and Tuna-like Fishes of India

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/611/
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Title Tunas and Tuna-like Fishes of India
 
Creator Nair, R V
Rao, K Virabhadra
Dorairaj, K
 
Subject CMFRI Bulletins
Tunas
 
Description Tunas are a major constituent of the pelagic-oceanic fisheries in the tropical and sub-tropical seas
around the world. Some of the species as the albacore, bigeye, bluefin, skipjack and yellowfin are widely
distributed over a great part of the world oceans and support fisheries of considerable importance, being
exploited by some of the maritime nations, chief among them being Japan, United States of America,
U.S.S.R., China (Taiwan) and Spain. Most tunas are migratory and their movements are related to the
shifting features of the oceanic environments. As the fishing grounds are beyond the territorial waters, the
different nations exploit the resources from the same productive regions, a fact which warrants international
understanding to regulate and conserve the available resources. The estimated tuna and bill fish landings
from the Indian Ocean currently stands at about 175 thousand metric tons which is expected to be doubled
by 1975. While Japan and U.S.S.R. are the leading nations exploiting the Indian Ocean resources, other
countries like Australia, Union of South Africa and Malaysia, Pakistan and Ceylon are also deeply interested
in developing their oceanic fisheries. Most of the oceanic species grow to very big size and lend themselves
for canning and processing by other methods, the products finding a ready market in all progressive
countries.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1970
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/611/1/Bulletin_23.pdf
Nair, R V and Rao, K Virabhadra and Dorairaj, K (1970) Tunas and Tuna-like Fishes of India. Technical Report. CMFRI.