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Studies on the pearl oyster population in pearl oyster grounds off Tuticorin in the Gulf of Mannar

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Title Studies on the pearl oyster population in pearl oyster grounds off Tuticorin in the Gulf of Mannar
 
Creator Pragasam, B
Sudhendradev, Daniel
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
Pearl oyster
 
Description Details of the inspection of pearl oyster grounds and pearl oyster collection (mainly Pinctada
fucata) for the period from 1977 to 1986 are presented In this paper. The favourable season for
diving operations in this area normally sets in from October and in May in the subsequent year. During
1977-1986 forty four pearl banks or Paars' in the Gulf of Manner were inspected. A record number
of 4,42 321 P. fucata were collected during the year 1985-1986, followed by 3,19,718 in 1984-1985 and
2,10,955 in 1981-1982. In 1981-1982 Utti paar supported the collections mainly by contributing
94.28% of the total oysters gathered. During 1984-1985 Devi paar (24.68%), Fernando paar (20.93%),
Cruxian paar (24.10%) and Kara! paar (29.39%) together contributed 9810% of the total collections.
In 1985-1986 season' from Cruxian paar alone, 94.34% of the P. fucata were collected SCUBA-diving
was effectively employed along with skin diving during 1984-1985 and 1985-1986 seasons.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1988
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2546/1/Article_26.pdf
Pragasam, B and Sudhendradev, Daniel (1988) Studies on the pearl oyster population in pearl oyster grounds off Tuticorin in the Gulf of Mannar. CMFRI Bulletin, 42 (1). pp. 79-83.