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Fishery and bionomics of tunas at Vizhinjam

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Title Fishery and bionomics of tunas at Vizhinjam
 
Creator Pillai, P P
Sarma, P S Sadasiva
 
Subject Tuna fisheries
 
Description Vizhinjam (76°59'E, 8°22'N) is an important fish
landing centre owing mainly to its location which
affords facilities for operation of boats even during
the monsoon season and accessibility to the nearby
markets. With the Fisheries Harbour construction
underway, the fisheries importance of this area is
bound to increase further. Details of common nets
employed in the centre and the modes of their operations
were described earlier by Nayar (1958), Bennet (1967)
and Luther et al. (1982). Rao (1964) described the
ripe ovaries of some Indian tunas from Vizhinjam
and summarised that E. affinis, A. thazard and S.
orientalis spawn in the local waters from April to September
and possibly in other months of the year.
According to him, the spawn ripe individuals of the
above three species indicate the existence of an important
spawning ground for them off Vizhinjam.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1985
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2489/1/Article_09.pdf
Pillai, P P and Sarma, P S Sadasiva (1985) Fishery and bionomics of tunas at Vizhinjam. CMFRI Bulletin, 36. pp. 44-50.