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Hand-jigging for cuttlefish at Vizhinjam with a note on modern squid jigging

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Title Hand-jigging for cuttlefish at Vizhinjam with a note on modern squid jigging
 
Creator Nair, K Prabhakaran
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
Cephalopods
 
Description At Vizhinjam on the southwest coast of India almost the entire catch of the cuttlefish Sepia pharaonis is taken in a modified typeof hooks, the hand-jigs. The hand-jig consists mainly of a small iron rod with tires of hooks and a long monofilament line. The baited jig is operated on the sea bottom from a catamaran and normally one cuttlefish is taken per haul. A brief note on the modern squid jigging as practised in Japan is also given.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1985
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2542/1/Article_17.pdf
Nair, K Prabhakaran (1985) Hand-jigging for cuttlefish at Vizhinjam with a note on modern squid jigging. CMFRI Bulletin, 37. pp. 152-156.