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On a new prawn ground in the Gulf of Mannar

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Title On a new prawn ground in the Gulf of Mannar
 
Creator Nair, R V
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Since the beginning of the last decade, systematic exploratory surveys
to assess the fishery potential of the offshore regions of the Gulf of Mannar
w^ere undertaken b-y the Deep Sea Fishing Station, Government of India and
the Indo-NoTwegiaa Project from Tuticorin and Mandapam bases respectively.
The results of thesie surveys have revealed certain productive fishing areas for
fish and prawns (Bao, 1968; Rao and Dorairaj, 1969; James and Adolf, 1969).
Encouraged by these results, entrepreneurs came forward to undertake offshore
fishing on a commercial scale and at present there are about 250 mechanised
boats regularly engaged in trawl fishing in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay,
with Mandapam, Pamban and Rameswaram as their bases of operation.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1974
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1159/1/Article_28.pdf
Nair, R V (1974) On a new prawn ground in the Gulf of Mannar. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 21 (1). pp. 281-285.