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Conservation of the tuna and billfish resources of the Indian Ocean

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Title Conservation of the tuna and billfish resources of the Indian Ocean
 
Creator Jones, S
 
Subject Tunas
Bill Fishes
Demersal Fishes
 
Description Fishing activity in the high seas has now been extended to the Indian Ocean also with the emergence
of Japan in the post-war years as a premier fishing nation. With the exception of the intensive
fishing carried out for the oceanic skipjack, Katsuwonus pelamis in the Maldive Islands
and in the Minicoy Island in the Indian Ocean it is doubtful if any organised tuna fishery existed
anywhere in this area before the last World War. In the regular commercial fisheries of various
countries bordering the Indian Ocean tunas and occasionally billfishes form a part of the catches
during certain seasons from the inshore areas. What little fishing is done specially for these fishes
is mostly of an exploratory nature.
 
Date 1967
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2443/1/Article_22.pdf
Jones, S (1967) Conservation of the tuna and billfish resources of the Indian Ocean. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Scombroid Fishes, Part 3; MBAI, 12-15 January 1962, Mandapam.