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Changes in the shark fishery at Cochin

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Title Changes in the shark fishery at Cochin
 
Creator Joshi, K K
Balachandran, K
Raje, S G
 
Subject Shark fisheries
 
Description A total of 30 species of sharks belonging to 14 genera and 7 families were landed at Cochin during 2000- 2002 compared to 23 species landed in the earlier years. The large sharks landed were Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, C.amblyrhynchoides, C. amboinensis, C. brevipinna, C. sorrah, C. dussumieri, C. melanopterus, C. falciformis, C. limbatus, Rhizoprionodon acutus, Nebrius ferrugineus, Alopias pelagicus, Alopias vulpinus and Squatina squatina. The main fishing season was between March and June, the fishing area was between Quilon and Ratnagiri and the gear was longline. The catch and CPUE were high during the two year study period due to landing of large-sized grey sharks. The species composition,length, weight and sex ratio of the sharks are presented in this paper
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2223/1/Joshi.pdf
Joshi, K K and Balachandran, K and Raje, S G (2008) Changes in the shark fishery at Cochin. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 50 (1). pp. 103-105.