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Fishery and bionomics of tunas at Minicoy Island

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Title Fishery and bionomics of tunas at Minicoy Island
 
Creator Mohan, Madan
Livingston, P
Kunhikoya, K K
 
Subject Tuna fisheries
 
Description The Union Territory of Lakshadweep is represented
by twenty islands out of which only ten are inhabited.
Oceanic species of tunas such as skipjack (Katsuwonus
pelamis) and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) are
available in Lakshadweep area from October to May
every year. They are being exploited from Minicoy
waters by pole-and-line tuna fishing using live bait.
Since 1960, pole-and-line fishing has been adopted
in the other islands of Amini group with the introduction
of mechanised boats. The seventies has
seen an almost complete transition of replacement of
the ' Odum' (traditional tuna fishing boats) with
mechanised boats fitted with bait tanks at Minicoy
Islands. Thus tuna fishing became popular in the
Union Territory which is now fetching a good amount
to the islanders and helping in the improvement of the
economy of these islands.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1985
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2495/1/Article_15.pdf
Mohan, Madan and Livingston, P and Kunhikoya, K K (1985) Fishery and bionomics of tunas at Minicoy Island. CMFRI Bulletin, 36. pp. 122-137.