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Coastal zone management Mudbanks of Kerala coast

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/733/
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Title Coastal zone management Mudbanks of Kerala coast
 
Creator Kartha, K N Krishna
 
Subject CMFRI Bulletins
Marine Environment
 
Description THE MUDBANKS, the formation of which
is a curious phenomenon reported hitherto
from only the southwest coast of India,
appear over restricted areas on the Kerala-
south Karnataka coast during the inclement
S. W. monsoon as bodies of calm water,
where the wave action the coastal waters
at this time abounds with is almost absent,
largely due to a fine mud in a state of suspen
sion. On a squally, surf-beaten coast, these
areas facilitate easy fishing operations of
country crafts, which otherwise idle away
during this haish weather. For this reason
it gained much popularity, particularly of late,
among the coastal people.
Reports on mudbanks date back to the
early 18th century. But a serious scientific
study on them was not initiated until
nineteen-thirties, when Sir Robert Bristow
took it up in connection with his port man
agement. His study, however, stimulated
further interest, and, because of its contri
bution often to successful fisheries, with
spectacular catches of prawns and fish, parti
cularly the shoaling forms, the mudbank has
attracted increasing attention from fishery
scientists.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1984
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/733/1/Bulletin_No_31.pdf
Kartha, K N Krishna (1984) Coastal zone management Mudbanks of Kerala coast. Technical Report. CMFRI.