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The flat fish resources of the west coast of India

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Title The flat fish resources of the west coast of India
 
Creator Seshappa, G
 
Subject Flat Fishes
Demersal Fisheries
 
Description Among the marine fishery resources of India, the flat fishes occupy a place of some importance, especially
along the West Coast. Among these, however, the only species that has been contributing to a sizable and
regular fishery is Cynoglossus semifasciatus Day. The best fishery is restricted to the NorthKerala and South
Mysore coasts. This paper gives a brief account of the past and some recent trends in this fishery with a
particular reference to Calicut on the Malabar coast.
The common nets used in the sole fishery at Calicut are the boat-seine (Paithuvala) and the cast net. In
recent years mechanised boats have started fishing by small trawl nets in the area and it has been found
that during 1966-67 and 1967-68 the off-season catches have been more than catches of the normal season,
the difference being particularly marked in 1967-68 which accounted for a good annual total catch. A large
percentage of the off-season catch consisted of juveniles. The extent to which this would affect the regular
fishery remains to be studied.
 
Date 1973
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2732/1/Article_34.pdf
Seshappa, G (1973) The flat fish resources of the west coast of India. In: Proceedings of the symposium on living resources of the seas around India, 1973, Mandapam Camp.