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On the South Kanara coastal fishery for mackerel, Rastrelliger canagurta (Cuvier) together with notes on the biology of the fish

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Title On the South Kanara coastal fishery
for mackerel, Rastrelliger canagurta
(Cuvier) together with notes on the
biology of the fish
 
Creator Sekharan, K V
 
Subject Mackerel fishery
 
Description North of Mangalore, the South Kanara fishery for the Indian mackerel,
Rastrelliger canagurta (Cuvier), is confined mostly to coastal waters, the
gear used is the Rampant net, a large shore-seine which exploits only a
narrow belt of the sea \-\\ miles from shore [see Pradhan (1956) for description
and figure of the net]. The use of other gear for mackerel
during the season has traditionally been under a social ban in many
of the fishing villages; but even in other places, where the ban does
not exist, no serious attempts are made to extend the area of operations.
Nevertheless, the output at these centres of coastal fishing forms a
major contribution to the total mackerel catch in India. As in other
sections of the coast, the best catches are obtained during the October-
December period, though the sea&on, as a rule, begins in October and lasts
until March or April. During other months, small quantities of mackerel
are caught in gill-nets (Pattavala) and small shore-seines (Kairampanis);
the gill-net boats venture to a distance of about 6 miles off"shore, while
' Kairampanis' are operated within a zone of only about half a mile from
the shore. Panikkar (1949, 1952) has summed up the present state of our
knowledge regarding the life-history and movements of mackerel, and has
further indicated the lines of investigation that have to be undertaken for a
fuller understanding of the fluctuations in catches. Recently Pradhan
(1956) has published the results of his study of the mackerel fishery of
Karwar. This paper deals with the coastal fishery of the region between
Baikampady and Tarapathy in the South Kanara District, with special
reference to that of Malpe, one of most important mackerel centres on the
West Coast.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1958
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1780/1/Article_03.pdf
Sekharan, K V (1958) On the South Kanara coastal fishery for mackerel, Rastrelliger canagurta (Cuvier) together with notes on the biology of the fish. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 5 (1). pp. 1-31.