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On the sailfish and marlins of the Tuticorin coast

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Title On the sailfish and marlins of the Tuticorin coast
 
Creator Silas, E G
Rajagopalan, M S
 
Subject Bill Fishes
Fish and Fisheries
 
Description Billfishes (Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae) form part of the marine fishery resource commercially
exploited by some nations, notably Japan, from parts of the Indo-Pacific. Most of the
fishery for billfishes from various parts of the Indian Ocean is carried out by the Japanese and
Catch statistics published from Japan (Ann. 1959) indicate the occurrence of rich fishing grounds
for billfishes even within a few miles off the Indian coasts during certain seasons. However,
little attention has been paid by Indian workers towards the study of the billfishes occurring in
the Indian seas, and as such hardly any data is available about their seasonal occurrence, species
composition, method of capture etc., along our coast.
 
Date 1967
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2441/1/Article_14.pdf
Silas, E G and Rajagopalan, M S (1967) On the sailfish and marlins of the Tuticorin coast. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Scombroid Fishes, Part 3; MBAI, 12-15 January 1962, Mandapam.