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The ribbon-fish resources of India

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Title The ribbon-fish resources of India
 
Creator James, P S B R
 
Subject Ribbon Fishes
 
Description Ribbon-fishes constitute one of the important commercial fisheries of India, the annual catches fluctuating
about 29,000 m. tons and forming 3 80% of the total marine fish landings (average for 1958-67). They
are caught almost all along the Indian coast and form an exclusive fishery of considerable magnitude at a
number of places, especially in the southern peninsular region. The States of Andhra Pradesh, Madras and
Kerala account for the greater percentage of annual catches. A limited fishery exists in Hooghly-Matlah
estuaries.
Though the catches are constituted by more than one species at several places, it is certain, that the
bulk of the catches are contributed to by Trichiurus lepturus which moves in great shoals and appears to
migrate from east to west around Cape during August to October when it is caught in large quantities. On
such occasions, the fishery is supported by spent fishes, about 50 to 75 cm, which could be caught to any extent
possible without being detrimental to future stocks as such fish would have spawned at least once. The
other three species, Lepturacanlhus savala, Eupleurogrammus muticus and E. intermedius, though comparatively
not very important, yet form the fishery singly or cojointly at some places.
The usual gear for these fishes are the shore seines and the boat seines. Catches could be substantially
improved in the southern region between Idinthakarai and Vizhingam if the information of appearance of
shoals between August and October is promptly passed on to the fishing centres in between and they arc
effectively fished at this time.
 
Date 1973
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2725/1/Article_29.pdf
James, P S B R (1973) The ribbon-fish resources of India. In: Proceedings of the symposium on living resources of the seas around India, 1973, Mandapam Camp.